Two tails on the hindwing. Upperside brown, hindwing blue. Females lay eggs singly on underside of fallen leaves near the host plant.
Caterpillars feed on leaves and buds and probably detritus.
Chrysalids and fourth-stage caterpillars hibernate. All year in Florida, two broods northward from April-October. Flower nectar from yarrow, wild cherry, tickseed sunflower, sumac, sweet pepperbush, New Jersey tea, common milkweed, and dogbane. Southeastern United States from Long Island south through Florida, west through entire area to southeast Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and eastern Texas. Strays to eastern Nebraska, northern Illinois, and Michigan.