Female - Pale dull powdery blue with a broad black border on both wings.
The margins have broad brown borders, each with one grey patch.
The upper side of the wings are vivid orange, with broad black borders.
The band is red and bears an image of a tobacco field within a broad border.
The ground color of the hindwings is white with a broad black border.
The hindwings are orange with a very broad dark reddish brown border.
The underside of the forewing is mostly red with a broad black border.
The hindwings are yellow with a broad black border.
The male has a red throat edged with a narrow black and then a broad white border.
The hindwings are white with a black spot and a broad dark border.