It has been placed onto the UK Biodiversity Action Plan list of priority species.

[2] It inhabits clearings within scrub woodland and deciduous forest ranging from Fennoscandia to Northern Africa.

Can also be found in mountain habitats in northeast, central and western Greece, including regions such as Peloponnese and Crete.

[4] Larvae have an associated with Black garden ants (Lasius niger), as described by Speight (1976).

[1] An array of flowers are visited including: Calluna, Chaerophyllum, Cirsium arvense, Euphorbia, Galium, Hieracium, Hypochoeris, Narthecium, Origanum, Potentilla erecta, Ranunculus, Rosa rugosa, Rubus idaeus, Sambucus nigra, Senecio, Solidago canadensis, S.virgaurea.