The upperside of the wings is brown, with a broad metallic blue central band in males, while in the females this band is usually white, with a broad orange patch on the top of the forewings.

The undersides of the wings are yellowish or greyish, with black markings on the forewings.

Like other members of the subfamily Apaturinae, the proboscis is green.

[1] This species occurs in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Argentina, Uruguay.

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