Upperside is glossy dark brown with small transparent white spots on the forewing and 2-3 white spots on the hindwing. Underside is reddish brown with forewing spots repeated and 3 silver median spots on the hindwing. Males patrol to find receptive females.
Caterpillars live and feed within nests of webbed leaves.
Fully-grown caterpillars hibernate. One brood from June-August. Moist woodland openings with lush vegetation, meadows, and ravines. Central New Mexico and central Arizona south to Mexico. Scott, J. A. 1986.