It is a resident species where its food plants, certain legumes (Mimosaceae and Caesalpiniaceae) and kurrajongs, are native.

The green head has two pairs of long horns besides a smaller set behind the head-scale.

[1] The upperside is boldly marked in black and white, with narrow blue-grey margins, and specks of orange on the hindwings.

The underwing of both sexes are marked in complex patterns of red and yellow brown, against on a white background, bordered by black outlines and an orange edge to the hindwing.

[2] Its residence in the southern regions depends on mild winters, and availability of their food plants.