The upper surfaces of the adult butterflies are basically pale blue. The males have a narrow black border around the tips of the forewings. The females have a broad black border around both fore and hind wings. Underneath, both sexes are fawn coloured. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The species occurs in the mountains of

Further reading :

Michael F. Braby,
A New Species of Nesolycaena Waterhouse and Turner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Northeastern Australia,
Australian Journal of Entomology,
Volume 35 (1996), p. 10, figs. 1-4, 9, 13, 17.

Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, pp. 776-777.

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(written 7 May 2001, updated 13 October 2013)