Original available from Biological Photo Service. Marginal orange markings on dorsal hindwing on both sexes.
Metallic scales are present around the black spots.
These spots are arranged in a row adjacent to the ventral hindwing margin. Shijimiaeoides battoides bernardino is somewhat similar but smaller. Male bernardino lacks orange on the dorsal hindwing, and there are no metallic scales on the ventral hindwing of bernardino specimens. Records are generally from the lowland areas and canyons of the Santa Ana Mountains. The Acmon Blue is rarely found at high elevations in the Santa Ana Mountains.