Seitz: 

C. aurata Wkr. (18 b) looks like a Macrocneme\ body blackish-brown; tips of antennae white; at aurata. the palpal base, forehead, collar, shoulders, and chest white dots. The 1st abdominal ring exhibits dorsal and lateral, double, white dots, the 2nd ring only lateral ones; the first segments below white. Vertex and legs spotted golden green; femoral base posteriorly spotted white. The basal half of the black forewing is golden green. Expanse of wings: 40 mm. Venezuela.


Euchromia aurata Walker, 1854; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 250

Male:  Front  of  head  white  with  purple  lustre.  Palpi  with bluish  scales.  Antennae  black.  Thorax  with  blue  and  white  spots. Wings  black,  with  limpid  spots  at  the  base  ;  disk  of  the  fore  wings blue  ;  hind  wings  blue  in  front  beneath.  Abdomen  above  with  white dots  at  the  base,  and  with  three  blue  stripes  ;  under  side  with  a  white band  at  the  base,  and  with  two  rows  of  white  dots.  Legs  with  blue scales ;  tarsi  tawny,  black  towards  the  base.  Length  of  the  body  7 lines  ;  of  the  wings  18  lines.