Taxonomy

endemique

Red List Status -


Description

SPAN:

Average size: 30 to 35 mm

SEXUAL DIMORPHISM:

Very marked on the upper side of the hind  wings: in the male white with a thin black border and in the female a very wide black border.

BEHAVIOUR:

The adults fly slowly in the understorey, and are very conspicuous even in semi-darkness, often very close to the ground and between the branches of shrubs. The females remain near the host plants of the caterpillars; however, both males and females can venture out of the canopy towards flowering shrubs.

INTERSPECIFIC AND INTRASPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS:

Peaceful species.

HABITAT:

Undergrowth of sclerophyllous forests, even very dense.

HOST PLANT:

Species related to Capparis sp.

Several generations completed annually.

(Jacques LAMY)

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA

Grande Terre (West and South Coast) and islands.


Geographical distribution