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Identification: The wings are dark brown on the upperside with iridescent blue from mid to dorsum on the forewings and all of the hindwings, excepting the margins and submargins of both fore- and hindwings. The hindwings have two tail-like projections near the tornus, one hair-like and one stub-like. The underside of the wings is light brown with brown submarginal lunules and a postdiscal brown and white line running vertically from mid to costa on the forewings and from costa to dorsum on the hindwings (wavy on the hindwings). The hindwings has an orange-crowned black tornal ocellus and an orange tornal ocellus. The dorsum of the hindwings is creamish-brown on the underside. The body is dark brown on the upperside with a little bit of iridescent blue, and creamish-brown on the underside.

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Reported from: Rewa Eco-Lodge (Region 9)