Wing span:

Identification: The wings are orange with dark brown margins, submargins and veins. Both fore- and hindwings have white submarginal spots. The forewings have two sets of white spots, one in the subapical region and one in the outer postdiscal region. The head and thorax are dark brown, and the abdomen is orange. 

Variation:

Behaviour:

Habitat:

Larval food plant: Asclepias incarnata, Asclepias syriaca, Asclepias tuberosa, Asclepias verticillata, Asclepias viridis (as reported by Warren et al., 2013 for Central and North America, Cuba and North Bahamas); Calotropis gigantea, Calotropis procera

Adult food: Flower nectar of Ageratum and Zinnia (Warren et al., 2013)

Reported from: Canal No. 1 (Region 3), CEIBA Biological Centre & Turkeyen (Region 4), Canje & New Amsterdam (Region 6), Bartica & Kartabo (Region 7), Karanambu (Region 9), Berbice River, Demerara River