Female forewings are brown or brownish purple to red and the bands and eyespots may or may not be apparent. Hindwings of both sexes are yellow to brownish orange with yellow or orange margins. Each hindwing has a large black and blue eyespot with a white dash in the middle.
Females lay clumps of eggs on leaves or stems of the host plants.
Papery cocoons are spun in litter under the host plant or in crevices. Deciduous forests, thorn scrub, and suburban areas. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. A field guide to the moths of eastern North America. Ferguson, D. C. in Dominick, R. B. et al. 1972.