Upper side black, marked and spotted with deep red fulvous, much as in P. vesta,.both wings have a submarginal series of small crescents, the one on middle of primaries considerably larger than any other; on primaries this series is preceded by a sinuous row of small spots, and next by a bent row of larger ones; a fourth row curves round the end of the cell, and there are some spots in and below cell. Secondaries have two rows of irregular small spots across the extra discal area, and across the disk a broad band; some spots in cell and on basal area; fringes fuscous alternating with white.