Hindwing upperside is bright orangish yellow with black borders. Fully-grown caterpillars pupate and overwinter in burrows dug under stones and other solid objects.
Adults fly during the day, especially in the afternoon.
One brood from April-June. Oak woodland and pine-oak woodland in foothills. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. The moths of America north of Mexico, fasc. E. W. Classey Limited and R. B. D. Publications Inc., Middlesex, England.