Wings are brown and lack eyespots. Underside of hindwing has a silvery patch at the outer margin which contains 4 black reflective spots. Eggs are laid on or near the host plant.
Caterpillars feed at night and hide at the base of the plant during the day.
Fourth-stage caterpillars hibernate. 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.