Nyceryx magna (Taxonomy)
Transferred to Nyceryx by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool.9 (suppl.): 415 (key), 418, who incorrectly stated the type locality was "Peru"
Immediately distinguishable from other species of Nyceryx by the dark forewing upperside, and the brownish-orange basal area and pale purple bands in the tornal angle of the hindwing upperside. Antenna very pale buff. Basal area of hindwing upperside brownish orange (similar to Nyceryx lunaris), anteriorly with a brownish-black spot that is contiguous with the costal border (corresponding to the basalmost of the three spots in Nyceryx ericea); bands in the tornal area pale purple. Uncus broad and rather short.Gnathos processes suddenly narrowed into long, slender, feebly curved hooks that are somewhat dilated near the base.Juxta lacking armature but with a long, slightly asymmetrical, rounded, concave lobe ventral of the aedeagus.Harpe similar to Nyceryx stuarti but slightly broader apically.Aedeagus with a short, rather prominent, dentate ridge on the right side, the left lobe high and more prominent than in any other species of Nyceryx; whip with four closely set apical setae and more basally up to two more widely spaced setae.