The male butterflies on top are an iridescent pale blue with a black tip to each forewing. The females are black with a white patch on each forewing suffused with blue. Underneath, both sexes are white, with a small black spot near the base and some small black spots around the tornus of each hindwing. The butterflies have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

This species is found in New Guinea and Cape York, Australia.

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, pp. 681-682.

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(updated 28 November 2001)