Wings are translucent, whitish, with no yellowish tint underneath.
Underside of hindwings with blurry brown or pale gray scaling along veins. Eggs are laid singly on undersides of host plant leaves. Chrysalids hibernate on stems or plant litter under the plant. Flower nectar from toothworts, spring beauty, violets, and other plants. Northern Great Lakes states and from New England southwest along the Appalachians to north Georgia and northeast Alabama.