Its wings are mottled black and white, and its red eyes and yellowish belly contrast with its blackish back. The 1991 description reports one specimen collected in the mountains of Guadalcanal.
Its wings are extensively mottled black and white. The bright red eyes and yellowish underside contrast with the blackish back.
The authors proposed that it may be restricted to elevations above 1,200 m. This is a hypothesis based on one specimen.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.