It is found in Sri Lanka, India (including the Andaman and Nicobar islands), Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, northern Australia and New Caledonia.

Forewings are olive brown and the base with a patch of black and white on the inner margin.

Hindwings are black brown where the anal angle is ochreous, which colour extends towards the apex as a submarginal band.

[3] Larva is bluish green, with a subdorsal line with oblique streaks below it on 4th to 10th somites.

Larvae have been recorded on Amaranthus, Barringtonia, Dioscorea, Amorphophallus, Impatiens, Citrullus, Arathis, Boerhavia, Knoxia, Morinda, Oldenlandia, Pongamia, Spermacoce, Glossostigma and Camellia.