 It feeds on various grasses, as "Panicum sanguinale", "Millium effusum", etc., hibernates and changes the end of April into a light grey pupa, which lies on the ground in a loose web, the butterfly appearing in 4 weeks.The species is on the wing from the end of May to early July, occurring in the woods in meadows and on grassy roads, in road-ditches, etc., the flight being slow but irregular and probing.The males are very abundant, while the females remain at rest, appearing but towards
the end of the period of flight.