"#49540, 49541 Uniform color of costa. Area forward of mesopleural suture darks. Hind tibia black. Clearly L. auripennis. We consider this a young but adult male. Occasional males are darker with obscure thoracic patterns and usually tattered wings. These become more common toward the end of the flight season. It is a match for most males that we have seen."

This is an almost full adult male Golden-winged. The other two with bright orange stigma, Needham's, has dark anterior wing veins and, Purple has different juvenile coloration.