the upper side of the wings is bright orange. most of the hind wing (the bottom wing) does not have black markings. there is a row of submarginal (submarginal means just inward of the wing edge) black spots on both the fore wing (the top wing) and the hind wing. the underside of the wings is yellow-orange. there are no black submarginal spots. it has a wingspan of 2.5 to 3 inches.