It is distributed in Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Syria, Iraq, Iran and southern Russia.

On the lower parts of the Danube and Volga, in South Russia, Turkey and Asia Minor, said to occur also in the Altai-district.

from Armenia, is beneath brighter and more variegated, there being a white silky spot at the apex of the cell of the hindwing.

— The butterflies occur in May and June: they are true insects of the steppes, being also not rare in the plains, especially in stony places, and resemble an Epinephele when on the wing.

[3] The species inhabits mostly open forests, glades, rocky clearings, embankments and meadows in the elevation range from 1500 to 2300 metres above sea level.