Usually feeds on cudweed, pussytoes, and other akin Asteraceae. (The open capsules at the lower right belong to Nuttallanthus canadenis, irrelevant.) Info from Univ. of Florida Entomology & Nematology website. Occurs from southern Canada throughout the US to northern South America; occasionally in Hawaii, the larger Caribbean islands, and even in Europe. Adults overwinter in the southern US and repopulate more northern areas each spring. The northern limit of overwintering is unknown. Can produce a few generations per season, at least in Florida. Found on common milkweed, Unquity Dumpster slope (European skippers are also within view).