This rare and local species is only known from a few localities in three southern provinces.

The larva lives on Lotus spp., Coronilla spp. and Hippocrepis comosa. Cocoon detached on the stems of grasses.

The adults fly in June and July. They are active during the day.

ID: rather similar to Z. filipendulae, but separated by the red suffusion on the forewing underside, dark edging of the forewing spots (sometimes hardly visible), the characteristic brown or white tip of the antenna and an imaginary line parallel with the body and drawn between spots 3 and 4 wouldn't touch them.