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Coelidia olitoria - Jikradia olitoria - male

Coelidia olitoria - Jikradia olitoria - Male
Pennington, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
August 23, 2007
Do unbanded wings indicate male? Or do not all females have banded wings?

Coelidia olitoria male
Females of the typical subspecies always have pale wing bands, while males are a chocolate to rusty brown without pale markings. But in the southern and Atlantic seaboard subspecies floridana, in which the wings are orange, females have the bands only faintly indicated if at all.

 
Coelidia olitoria
Thanks a lot Andy, that clears things up a bit.

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