[2] This species flies in sunshine, but will also frequently bask on stones or tree trunks.

[3] It shelters in heather or similar low vegetation in dull weather.

Possibly similar to Austrolestes annulosus and Diphlebia nymphoides, the abdominal and eye spots of males reversibly change from purple-gray pales as temperatures decrease to more bluish as they increase.

[2][1][3] However, larvae are restricted to micro-climates with very consistent, warm water with peaty bottoms.

[3] Adults frequently feed upon Boloria aquilonaris, Inachis io, Erebia, and Phytometra gamma which are more common in the bogs of the Alps than surrounding habitats..