Upperside dark violet-purple with very little gloss, the colour obscuring the marginal black borders.

Forewing, costa and outer margin with a moderately broad blackish band, generally broadest on the latter.

Hindwing with a medial outwardly curved black line and an indistinct outwardly curved discal series of black dots marked with white points, both in continuation of the two lines of the forewing, and a series of sub-marginal similar black dots, the ground colour of the wing varying in tone in different examples.

Hindwing generally uniform dull violet-brown, without any borders, anal lobe as in the male.

Antennae black, with an orange tip; head and body above and below concolorous with the wings.