The upper side of the male's wings is mostly orange with the margins being dark brown.

The upperside of the male Hobomok skipper's wings has thicker dark margins.

The upper side of the Pocahontas form has smaller glassy spots and has one glassy spot near the fore wing costa.

[2] It ranges from eastern Alberta to Nebraska and east to the coasts of Canada and the US.

This butterfly is on the wing from late spring to mid-summer with a single brood.