The upper side of the wing is dark brown to black and patterned with bluish-white, semi-transparent spots and lines.

In general, all butterflies can directly absorb heat from the sun via their wings to facilitate autonomous flight.

Studies on blue tiger butterflies show that high-intensity light significantly increased flight activity.

In cell 1b of the forewing, which, like all the others, is an area on the wing bounded by veins, run two strips, sometimes connected, after which there is a large spot.

A stripe runs from the base of the discoid cell, followed by a large spot that is notched from the wing tip (apex).

The top of the abdomen is dark, the underside is pale brownish yellow colored with white shimmering underneath at the segment boundaries The butterfly larvae generally feed on plants of family Asclepiadaceae.

[4] The larva is around 1.21 centimetres (0.48 in) in length and weighs around 5 milligrams (0.077 gr) initially, but grows double that size and four times that weight within 48 hours.

[1][2] In 2019, a single adult specimen was reported from the Balearic Islands, marking it the first record of the species in Europe.