male above dark brown, with traces of small red spots in the anal area of the hindwing.

The underside of both sexes recalls that of Chrysophanus phlaeas, but the basal area of the hindwing is dusted with verdigris.

— The egg green, somewhat flat, with a network of polygonals, laid singly on the upperside of leaves of Boujeania hispida.

Larva rather thick, not so flat as in many other Lycaenids, the segments swollen, separated from each other by deep incisions; greenish yellow, with bluish dorsal stripe and a red-brown lateral one, there being thin oblique streaks between them; until the end of May in the pods of the food-plant.

Pupa ovate, rounded everywhere, with shallow minute puncturation; as far as known the larva pupates free on the ground.