A small to medium-sized butterfly found only in the Middle East. In Israel it flies only in the Upper Galilee and in the Hermon, and Israel is the southern limit of its range. It flies in the months of March to June (in the Hermon). Its wingspan is about 40 mm. It has one generation a year. A butterfly that generally resembles the Jerusalem Fritillary and is difficult to distinguish from it. The main differences are in size (the Northern Fritillary is smaller) and in the fact that on the underside of the hindwing there is a row of squares rather than circles as in the Jerusalem Fritillary. It has one generation a year.
Very little is known about its life cycle and probably it lays its eggs on the Scabiosa.