Silver spot at center of hindwing is fishhook-shaped. Eggs are laid on petioles and undersides of host plant leaves.
Caterpillars eat leaves and rest underneath.
Boreal North America south of the tundra. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. Opler, P. A. and G. O. Krizek. Butterflies east of the Great Plains. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.