Forewings are long, projecting far beyond the hindwings when the butterfly is at rest.
Nectar from flowers of lantana, shepherd's needle, swamp milkweed, buttonbush, and pickerelweed. Low damp fields and pastures. Strays north to southeast Arizona, west Texas, central Missouri, Ohio, central Pennsylvania, and Long Island. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. Bailowitz, R. A., and J. P. Brock.