Underside of hindwing is pale with barely contrasting markings. Male does not have a costal fold. White hindwing fringe is streaked with black only halfway to the edge of the fringe. Males patrol and occasionally perch in swales and gullies in their search for receptive females. Eggs are deposited singly on leaves of the host plant.
Caterpillars make a webbed leaf nest in which they live and feed.
Prairie, open woodland, alkaline marshes and fields. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. Scott, J. A. 1986. The butterflies of North America. Stanford, R. E. and P. A. Opler.