Lanka; Burma; Tenasserim. Larva "Cylindrical, finely pubescent, armed with nine longitudinal rows of fine branched spines; head surmounted by two long straight horns set with minute spines; colour a beautiful golden brown, spines red, head black. We found one specimen of this in July on Karvee (Strobilanthes)..." (Davidson & Aitken) The larva feeds on plants belonging to Family Acanthaceae such as Pseuderanthemum malabaricum, Lepidagathis cuspidata, Strobilanthes callosus, Strobilanthes ciliata, Eranthemum roseum. Pupa Earthy brown suffused with a slight pinkish tinge and variegated with patches of darker brown; thorax angulate, abdomen with apparently a linear series of short broad tubercles. (Described from the plate in the Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Journ. x, 1896.) References Kallimini Butterflies of Asia Butterflies described in 1844 Taxa named by Vincenz Kollar