To find females, males perch on low vegetation in partial sun along forest edges. Females lay eggs singly under host plant leaves.
Caterpillars rest in rolled leaves during the day and eat leaves at night.
Nectar from marigold, knotweed, spearmint, wild marjoram, cucumber, dogbane, white sweet clover, and white clover. 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.