Hypocrita childon (Druce, 1885)

Druce, H. (1885). Descriptions of new Lepidoptera Heterocera, chiefly from
South America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1885: 518-536;
p. 520, pl. XXXII fig. 4 (as Eucyane childon).

Primaries (male) bluish black, much shot with dark blue from the base to about
the middle; a wide orange-coloured band crossing the wing from the costal
margin to the anal angle, but not quite reaching the inner margin: secondaries
rich bluish black, almost black at the apex. Head and thorax black; abdomen
above deep glossy blue, below dark chrome-yellow; antennae black; legs brownish
black. Wings below the same as above, with a submarginal row of bluish-white
spots, small in the male but distinct and well defined in the female: in all
other respects the female is the same as the male, but slightly larger.
Expanse, male 1 3/4, female 2 inches.
Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley).
This handsome species reminds me of Agarista lethe, Felder. Mr. Buckley
obtained a fine series of specimens of this insect.

Hering, M. (1925). Pericopidae. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of
the World, vol. 6, The American Bombyces and Sphinges. Alfred Kernen,
Stuttgart; p. 428 (as Thyrgis childon).

Th. childon. Head and collar with white dots. Ventral part of the abdomen
yellow, other parts of the body bluish-black. Wings blackish-brown, proximally
with a blue reflection, forewing with a broad yellow transverse band. Under
surface of both wings with a row of whitish-blue submarginal spots. childon
Drc. with a narrower yellow band the edges of which are almost parallel.
Ecuador. -- columbiana subsp. nov. is somewhat larger, the yellow band is
broader, distally convex. Colombia.