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The Two-banded checkered skipper is a small dark species with two rows of small hyaline spots on the upper surface of each wing. Those on the forewing are median and postmedian, while those on the hindwing are postmedian and submarginal. The narrow and frequently incomplete white ventral hind wing bands cross a mottled ochraceous to rusty background. Males have costal folds and tibial tufts. Sim...

Yellowish-orange dorsally with black spots and brown forewing borders. Hindwing borders are pale, suffused with ground colour and contain yellowish spots. Females may have indistinct dorsal wing borders which may be barred. Ventrally, the males are brown and yellowish-brown with dots and striations. The hindwing contains a silvery comma, hooked or enlarged at the lower end. The ventral surface o...