There is a broad black stripe on the dorsum of the thorax, straight on the inner border, outwardly expanded at the upper, middle and at the lower end, as in Lestes praemorsus.

Its wings are transparent with short and broad pterostigma having white or creamy yellow inner and outer ends.

Its abdomen is in olivaceous to warm reddish brown in color with black apical rings on each segments.

[2] Female closely resembles the male in most respects, differing mainly in sexual characters, as in Platylestes platystylus.

[2][4][5] This species is mainly found foraging inside the shoreline vegetation and occasionally resting on the stems or on the leaf blades of grasses and sedge.