Adults are brownish orange, with white and black spots on the bottom of the wings.

[3] The species can be found in the south-western United States, including Arizona and Texas, as well as Mexico.

Adults feed on dung, sap and rotten fruit.

They live in canyons, streamsides, thorn scrubs, and washes.

[5] Males of the species will wait near their food plants for females to appear.