Underside hindwing brown with large silver spots. Caterpillars eat slots into the leaves and sometimes feed together in groups.
Adults sometimes roost in groups near the ground on short vegetation.
April-December in Texas, throughout the year in the tropics. Edges and openings in evergreen mid-elevation tropical forest. Brazil north through Central America and Mexico. Strays to southern New Mexico and Texas. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.