Usually the dorsal sides of the wings are metallic bright blue with paler margins, while the under sides are basically grayish or pale blue with rows of small black spots and lines on the hindwings and a large reddish-orange patch on the basal half of the hindwings.

The adults fly all year round but they are most common from September to November.

[1] This species can be found from southern Colombia through Ecuador to northern Peru and western Brazil.

It occurs in tropical evergreen and semi-deciduous forests, at an elevation of 100–2,400 metres (330–7,870 ft) above sea level.

This article related to members of the butterfly subfamily Biblidinae is a stub.