Hindwings reddish brown suffusion with rufous outer margin. The interspaces with pale streaks, more or less fuscous suffusion on outer area. The hindwing is grey white with grey suffusion. A crenulate sub-marginal pale line with fuscous suffusion inside it. Head and thorax reddish brown with plum-color suffusion. A crenulate pale sub-marginal line with some fuscous suffusion inside it. Male upperside&colon; dark violet with, in certain lights, a rich blue suffusion. There is a faint ochreous suffusion at the anal angle. Some segments have a rufous suffusion. When the suffusion is particularly heavy the bird is known as a Suffused Yellow. The ground colour of the forewings is white with grey suffusion. Individuals in freshwater may have a reddish colour caused by blood suffusion below the skin. The petals are white with pale pink suffusion. In a 1994 study of 17 patients with Hantavirus infections, 3 had conjunctival suffusion. About 30 percent of people with leptospirosis (also known as Weil's disease) develop conjunctival suffusion.