Cat. Lep. Ph. Brit. Mus.

Head black; frons ble and white; tegulae black with metallic blue patches;
thorax orange-yellow; patagia fringed with black; legs black and yellow; abdomen orange-yellow above, with dorsal black and blue patches,
some lateral black spots; the last three segments black with lateral blue bands;
ventral surface black, the valve with large lateral white patches;
wings hyaline, the veins and margins black. FW with discocellular lunule;
the terminal band very wide on apical area and expanding at
tornus. Hind wing with the terminal band expanding at apex;
the inner area black.
Ab. 1. Abdomen with faint traces of the dorsal black and blue
spots. Coll. Staudinger.
H ab. CoLOMBIA., Cundinamarca, 1 c3 type ; BoLIVIA (Buckley),
type t ufentina in Coll. Druce. Exp. 48 millim



Matches well except for the smaller size.


AZ NOTE: Cat. Lep. Ph. Brit. Mus. uses a non-standard definition of "tegulae" and "patagia".
From Vol. 1:
"The thorax consists of three segments-the prothorax, bearing the
tegulm or collar-lappets, the patagia or shoulder-lappets, and the
fore legs ..."