Often a dull orange tinge at outer margin of forewing and near tail of hindwing.
Caterpillars eat buds and young leaves, and pupate in litter at the base of the host plant.
One flight from February-May. Where redbud is the caterpillar host, its flowers are the main nectar supply for adults. In other places, flowers of plants that are not the caterpillar host are used for nectar including willows, wild plum and hawthorn, and Forstiera. Edges and openings in barrens and near pine or pine-oak woodland. Maine west through southern Canada to Wisconsin, south to Texas, the Gulf Coast, and central Florida.