[1][2][4] It is also Peninsular Malaya,Borneo, Singapore, Langkawi, Java, Sumatra, Bangka Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Forewing with a patch of white outside the end of the cell, divided into 4 by veins 2, 3 and 4, the upper piece the smallest, the spot below vein 4 small; the costa with a black band, narrow at the base, increasing in width outwards, occupying the whole apical space beyond the white patch, and broadly down the outer margin.

Antennae black, ringed with white; head and body above and below concolorous with the wings, abdomen whitish beneath and at the sides.

Upperside paler and duller blue, the discal white patch on the forewing larger, more complete and usually oval-shaped.

Underside: the butterfly has dark yellowish or greenish brown with irregular and variable broad white discal band across their wings.