Seitz:

M. peruviana Rothsch. (43 e, f). Recognizable by the very large yellow costal spot behind the cell- end and the intensely golden yellow distal marginal band of the forewing, which in the <$, however, merges for the most part into the inverted part of the wing. Ground-colour of the forewing a bright violettish-red, intermixed with orange-red. Peru.