The male and female adults are different. On top, the males are blue with a white patch on each wing, and a black margin to each forewing, and a spotted margin to each hindwing. The females have a larger large white patch on each wing, and only a metallic blue suffusion at the base of each wing.

Underneath, the sexes are similar. They are white with a series of dark spots and arcs. The butterflies have a wing span of about 2 cms.

The species occurs in a small area of Queensland around Kuranda.

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, p. 849.

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