PLATE XI. Fig. 1.
_Godart._--Pap. Erato, _Linn._--Heb. Ricini (Mas.), _Fabr._---Pap.
Amathusia, _Cramer_, Pl. 177, fig. F.
Extent of the wings about three inches; the ground colour deep black.
Upper wings with three diverging rays of deep red at the base, the
inferior one longest and extending rather beyond the middle; not far
from the extremity of these rays there is a large discoidal patch of
sulphur-yellow, unequally divided into two parts by a black bifurcated
nervure; beyond this, near the apex, is a series of contiguous spots of
the same colour, varying from two to five. Under wings with six deep
red rays extending from the base towards the hinder margin, and behind
the place where these terminate, an arched row of small blue spots. The
colour beneath is dark brown; the upper wings marked nearly as on the
surface, except that the costa at the base is alone tinged with red;
under wings with eight diverging pale-red lines, and a row of whitish
marks parallel with the hinder margin. Body black; the sides of the
thorax and abdomen marked with small yellow spots. In the beautiful
variety figured, the red lines on the secondary wings, as well as the
discoidal nervure, are bordered with a narrow stripe of shining blue.
This species is a native of Surinam, where it occurs not unfrequently.