The underside of both sexes is pale greyish brown.
The underside hindwing does not have a spot in the basal area of 7.
The butterfly has two tails - a 6 mm long one at V1 and a 5 mm long tail at V2.
The markings include:
a double bar at end-cell
a regular discal line on the forewing
a broken, less regular line on the hindwing
The male butterfly is pale blue to dark brown above, dark shining purple depending on the light.
It has a black border with the upper forewing having a large black discal area of modified scales.

The female butterfly is dark brown and its hindwing has a white disconnected discal band above the tornus.
The butterfly also has a white-edged tornal black spot in 2.
The underside of both sexes is pale greyish brown. The underside hindwing does not have a spot in the basal area of 7. The butterfly has two tails - a 6 mm long one at V1 and a 5 mm long tail at V2. The markings include:
a double bar at end-cell
a regular discal line on the forewing
a broken, less regular line on the hindwing
The male butterfly is pale blue to dark brown above, dark shining purple depending on the light. It has a black border with the upper forewing having a large black discal area of modified scales.
The female butterfly is dark brown and its hindwing has a white disconnected discal band above the tornus. The butterfly also has a white-edged tornal black spot in 2.
Hypolycaena erylus