The wingspan is 96–102 millimetres (3.8–4.0in). On the obverse the wings are black. The forewings have a pale yellow band and a thin band of the same colour in the wing cell. The hindwings are extended by long thin tails slightly widened at the tip and bear a pale yellow band which extends that of the forewing, submarginal yellow and orange lunules, a brick red ocellus surmounted by an iridescent blue lunule in the anal angle and diffuse iridescent blue lunules in the submarginal part. On the reverse, the wings bear the same patterns in lighter colours, the submarginal blue lunules are more numerous and more marked, the hind wings also bear a reddish macula in the submarginal part. The body is pale yellow and the top is black.
Biology
Adults are on wing from April to October (December in Jamaica) in three generations per year.
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