Upperside of males and females: forewing maroon, with a very broad, oblique, preapical, somewhat diffuse, bright ochraceous band extending from costa to termen and along latter almost to the tornus; this band broader in the female than in the male. Hindwing brown, shading to dark maroon anteriorly.
The upper surface of both males and females displays a forewing with a prominent, angled orange-yellow stripe that spans from the costa to the tip and extends along the outer edge almost to the tornus. The hindwing is brown, transitioning to a deeper maroon color towards the front.