Scaling on abdomen above predominantly black and dense, only those transversely on sides of tergite 3 and numerous ones intermixed on sides of 6 and 7 white. Wings with a distinctive dark Litorhina-like pattern, consisting of a black infuscation, extending from base to level of submarginal cross vein, leaving the apex of wings clear, and with this infuscation divided in the middle by a clear indentation.
Description Hesse 1956:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40844644#page/828/mode/1up
Original description Loew 1860:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35325#page/247/mode/1up
Wing illustrated in Loew, fig 27:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35325#page/349/mode/1up
Distribution: South Africa, Zimbabwe
iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196975314
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