It occurs from south India[2] and Assam through Myanmar, Tenasserim, and Southeast Asia to southern China and to Java, Indonesia.

[1] The South Indian subspecies: Male has upperside ground colour black, glossed slightly with dull indigo-blue, or, in some specimens, light green at the base of the wings.

Forewing with, in addition, a white rectangular spot in interspace 5 and a small whitish speck above it.

Underside pearly white, broadly brownish pink along the dorsal margin of hindwing.

Forewing: two black spots at base of cell; a broad olive-green band edged on both sides with black, followed by a discal bluish-white band, as on the upperside, and continuation of that on the forewing, terminating on vein 1, followed by a broad discal, posteriorly narrowing, white bar as on the upperside.