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| The male is distinguished from the female by a conspicuous dark line (called a "sex brand") on the forewings |
And here we have a female, without the line |
The Skipper family is unique among butterflies in that their usual alighted posture is with their wings open and the forewing on top of the hindwing but angled upwards |
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| When they do close their wings one can see that the underside of the hindwing actually has green markings as well as orange and yellow |
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