Upperside is pale yellow-orange with dark borders and markings. Males perch and patrol all day in open areas. Females lay eggs in batches of about 100 on the underside of host plant leaves.
Young caterpillars move in groups as they skeletonize leaves.
Partially-grown caterpillars hibernate. Possibly three to four broods in the Deep South and Texas. Nectar from flowers of red clover, common milkweed, and dogbane. G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery. Opler, P. A. and G. O. Krizek.