Saurita vindonissa (Druce, 1883)

Druce, H. (1883). Descriptions of new species of Zygaenidae and
Arctiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883:
372-384; p. 378. (Original description, as Dycladia vindonissa.)

Dycladia vindonissa, n. sp.

Wings sooty black; primaries hyaline from the base to the end of the
cell; secondaries slightly hyaline at the base: head and antennae black;
thorax and basal half of the abdomen bright scarlet, the lower half on
the upperside black, a series of small white spots on each side and
several at the base; legs black.

Expanse 1 1/4 inch.

Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley).


Hampson, G. F. (1898). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the
British Museum, vol. 1, Syntomidae: p. 278, pl. X fig. 15.

612. Saurita vindonissa. (Plate X. fig. 15.)

Dycladia vindonissa, Druce, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 378; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 146.

Male. Head black; thorax orange-red; tegulae and patagia black, the
former with medial white points; legs black; abdomen with the first two
segments and lateral patches on 3rd orange red; a subdorsal series of
white points and a dorsal point on 1st segment; the ventral surface
orange-red to near extremity; wings black. Fore wing with hyaline streak
below costa to beyond middle, two streaks in cell and one in submedian
interspace. Hind wing with slight streak in cell and fascia below the
cell and between veins 2 and 5 and above vein 5.

Hab. Ecuador, Sarayacu (Buckley), 1 male. Exp. 32 millim. Type male in
Coll. Druce.


Draudt, M. (1915). Saurita. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), The Macrolepidoptera
of the World, vol. 6, The American Bombyces and Sphinges: p. 94, pl. 15 h.

S. vindonissa Druce (15 h). The head, the white-dotted collar, and the
shoulder-covers are black; the other part of the thorax, the 2 first
abdominal rings, and lateral spots on the third ring are orange-red; the
other segments are black, all the rings subdorsally, the first dorsally
with white spots. The ventral side orange-red, legs black. The black
forewings exhibit hyaline spots in the basal half; the hindwings are
hyaline with a black border and discoidal spot. Ecuador.