It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda.

Discal spot 4 on the forewing is small and triangular and placed quite free on the first marginal line.

melicertula Strand [now subspecies] differs in the purer white markings and the somewhat larger discal spots on the forewing.

Cameroons 48a [3] Images BOLD The larvae feed on Acacia ataxacantha, Dalbergia hostilis, Abrus canescens, Abrus pulabellus and Allophylus species Species groups sensu Seitz melicerta Group.

Discal spot 4 on the forewing is small and triangular and placed quite free on the first marginal line.