Wing span: 3.5-4.5 cm.

Flight time: Multiple broods, with the first emerging from early-April to late-May, second from mid-June through July, third from early-August though early-September, with a partial fourth rarely flying in late-September.

Status: Breeding resident.

Distinguishing features: Wings are orange-brown above with black marks and a clipped apex on the forewing. The hindwing below is mottled with brown-purple and orange, and lack silver spots.

Distribution and habitat: Scattered throughout the northeastern two-thirds of the state, with populations becoming increasingly frequent to the northeast. It occurs in various wet, open habitats such as wet meadows, pastures, open stream margins, wet prairies, fens, and marshes.

Natural History: Larvae consume violets. Even though adults are perhaps most commonly encountered within open streamside pastures in the Paleozoic Plateau, this habitat is anthropogenic and has only existed since European settlement.