Phaio cephalena (Druce, 1883)

Druce, H. (1883). Descriptions of new species of Zygaenidae and Arctiidae.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883: 372-384; pp.
372-373, pl. 39, fig. 2. Original description as Eupyra cephalena.

Eupyra cephalena, n. sp. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 2.)

Wings black; primaries thickly powdered with bright green scales, a band
of hyaline spots close to the apex, a small spot at the end of the cell
and one below nearer the base; secondaries hyaline, the outer and inner
margin broadly black: head and thorax black; abdomen bright greenish
blue, the base and sides of abdomen white; legs black; antennae black.

Expanse 1 3/4 inch.

Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley); Colombia, Antioqua (Salmon).

A beautiful species, allied to E. salmoni. The specimens from Antioqua
are rather more highly coloured than the type.

Hampson, G. F. (1898). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the
British Museum, vol. 1, Syntomidae: p. 327, text-fig. 149. As Mydropastea
cephalena.

720. Mydropastea cephalena.

Eupyra cephalena, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 372, pl. 39. f. 2; Kirby, Cat.
Het. p. 124.

Male. Head and thorax black; frons, tegulae, and shoulders with white
points; pectus and coxae with white patches; abdomen metallic blue-green,
with cupreous subdorsal patches; a pure white dorsal band on 1st segment
and lateral fasciae; wings black-brown. Fore wing with the basal half of
costal area suffused with golden green and the inner area below the cell
to near termen; a white point at base; a wedge-shaped hyaline patch below
base of vein 2; a small spot in upper end of cell; two spots between veins
3 and 5, and a spot above vein 6 with a point below it. Hind wing with
elongate hyaline patch below the cell and a large spot beyond the cell.

Hab. Colombia, 1 male; Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley). Exp. 44 millim. Type
male in Coll. Druce.

Draudt, M. (1916). Syntomidae. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), The Macrolepidoptera
of the World, vol. 6, The American Bombyces and Sphinges: p. 106,
pl. 17 e.

Ph. cephalena Druce (17 e). Head and thorax are black with white dots on
the head, collar and shoulders; the abdomen is metallic bluish-green with
white lateral stripes and a white band across the first segment. The
blackish-brown wings being provided with hyaline spots exhibit in the
basal part of the forewing a golden green spot, between the lower median
and lower radial vein a more bluish-green, large spot. The antennae
exhibit above a trimming of scales. Colombia, Ecuador.