Upperside with deeper red ground colour than Lycaena splendens and Lycaena dabreraiBálint, 1996. Upperside forewing postdiscal markings are well developed, underside forewing black spots are ringedwhite. Hindwing upperside, the ground colour is fuscous violet. The ground colour of the hindwing underside is brownish grey. The male genitalvalvae are larger than in L. splendens and L. dabrerai and lack a ventral extension.