Forewing is pointed, with a shallow indentation below the apex. Females deposit eggs singly on the top of host plant leaves, which the caterpillars eat.
Caterpillars rest in nests of silked-together leaves.
Argentina north through tropical America and the West Indies to South Texas. A regular stray north to central Texas, rarely to Arkansas and Kansas. G4 - Apparently secure globally, though it might 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.