It is found on the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

It is a rare stray or temporary colonist of the Florida Keys or the mainland near Miami.

The hindwings are extended by long thin tails slightly widened at the tip and bear a pale yellow band which extends that of the forewing, submarginal yellow and orange lunules, a brick red ocellus surmounted by an iridescent blue lunule in the anal angle and diffuse iridescent blue lunules in the submarginal part.

On the reverse, the wings bear the same patterns in lighter colours, the submarginal blue lunules are more numerous and more marked, the hind wings also bear a reddish macula in the submarginal part.

Adults are on wing from April to October (December in Jamaica) in three generations per year.