Upperside is brown-black with irregular chalky white patches. Underside is white with brown at the outer and costal margins. Females deposit eggs singly on leaves of the host plants, which the caterpillars eat.
Caterpillars rest in leaf shelters.
Three to four broods throughout the year in South Texas. Small clearings and edges in tropical woods, city flower gardens, roadsides, fencerows, streamsides. Argentina north through tropical America to the West Indies and South Texas. Strays north to southern Arizona, Nevada, and Kansas. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.