 This
species is infrequently encountered in the nature reserves in Singapore,
usually flying rapidly in the vicinity of flowering trees and shrubs.
The upperside of the male is a lustrous purple with a blakc border on the
forewing and an orange-red distal border on the hindwing. The female
is bluish purple with a wider forewing border. The buff-brown underside
has a narry reddish brown post-discal line on each wing, and the tornal
area of the hindwing is red with black spots and metallic blue/green zigzagged
lines. 
The males possess two pairs
of tails at veins 2 and 3, whilst females feature 3 pairs of tails with
the additional pair at vein 4. |
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