Nyceryx ericea (Taxonomy)
Transferred to Nyceryx by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool.9 (suppl.): 415 (key), 416.
Immediately distinguished by the semitransparent spots in the distal half of the forewing and the tornal area of the hindwing, and the yellow base to the hindwing upperside. Olive-black posterior part of tegula sharply defined. Forewing upperside with several semitransparent spots in the distal half and a black streak on 1A+2A before the middle. Hindwing upperside with sharply defined basal yellow area, anteriorly with three brownish-black spots that are contiguous with the costal border, the middle spot thinnest and sometimes prolonged to a line. Uncus and gnathos very similar to Nyceryx riscus; uncus broader apically.Juxta armature asymmetrical; a dentate process on each side, as in Nyceryx nictitans, but the left process prolonged and straight, the right process short and curved.Harpe elongate, horizontal, compressed, subconical apically.Aedeagus with a whip bearing a few tubercles; on the right side are three setae, in addition to the two bristles; the left lobe prominent, its distal edge almost horizontal, the lobe being much more slanting proximally than distally.