NYMPHALIS IPHICLA. Alis denticulatis, supra fuscis, fasciá communi albâ
antrorsùm rotundatâ, retrorsùm acuminatâ; anticis suprà maculâ apicis, et
auguli analis, ferrugineis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Papilio (Nymph. Phal.) Iphicla, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 2. 380.
Papilio (N. P.) Iphicla, _Drury, App. v._ 2. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ III. 1.
_p._ 135. 417. _Cramer, pl._ 188. _fig._ E. F. (var.?)
Papilio Basilea, _Cram. pl._ 188. _fig._ D. ([male]).
Papilio Cytherea, _Cram. pl._ 376. C. D. ([female]).
P. Cythereus, _Herbst. Pap. tab._ 284. _f._ 1. 2.
P. Iphicla, _Herbst. Pap._ 148. _fig._ 3. 4.
Nymphalis Iphicla, _Enc. Méth._ ix. 374.
HABITAT: Surinam (_Drury_). Guiana and Brazil (_Enc. Méth._).
_Upper Side._ Thorax and abdomen nearly black. Anterior wings of a light
liver colour, having some faint lines a little waved, of a darker colour,
running along the external edges. Each has an orange spot, situated at a
small distance from the tip, and joining to the anterior margin.
Posterior wings dentated, and angular at the anal angle, of the same
colour as the anterior; with the same faint waved subapical lines. In the
middle of the anterior wings arises a bar of a very pale brimstone
colour, near a quarter of an inch broad, and which extends to the anal
angle of the posterior wings, below which is an orange spot.
_Under Side._ All the wings, next the body, are marked and clouded with
lines and marks of ash colour and olive brown. The pale brimstone bar is
seen very distinctly on this side; and the two orange spots on the upper
side of the anterior wings, here assume a tinge of flesh colour,
separated in the middle by the tendon, which is of an orange cast. The
faint waved lines also are very conspicuous, of a very dark flesh colour,
shaded with brown.