Appearance: Below, orange-brown with pale veining and bold white ray along underside of head, body, and trailing edge of hindwing. Above, mostly brown - male with orange patch on forewing; female with two white spots centered on forewing.

Wingspan: Small; 1 1/4 to 1 5/8 inches.

Habitat: Bogs, marshes, and sedgy meadows; plains.

Flight Times: Mid-June to mid-July; one brood.  Half-grown caterpillars hibernate.

Larval Foodplant: Sedges.

Did You Know...
In the west it is maybe the rarest and most local of any butterfly with an extensive range in the U.S. (Glassberg, 2003).