 A subspecies is found in Taiwan and it is suspected that the butterfly occurs in northern Thailand and northern Vietnam as well.Evans reports the butterfly as not rare in its Indian range while Wynter-Blyth reports it as not common.Males and females have the upperside dusky brown; forewing with a broad beautifully iridescent blue discal band from below vein 8 to the dorsum, extending posteriorly towards the base of the wing, outwardly suffused with a brilliant silvery gloss.