It is often attended by ants of the species :

It pupates near the ground or in ground litter at the base of the foodplant.

The adult butterflies are pale blue with a scalloped dark margin to the hindwings. At the tornus of each hindwing is a tail. The undersides of the wings are fawn with arcs of white markings. The undersides of the hindwings are darker than those of the forewings. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The species occurs two small areas of coastal sand-dunes, in the south of Western Australia as two subspecies :

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, pp. 812-813.

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