Sataspes infernalis (Taxonomy)
Transferred to Sataspes by Moore, [1858] 1857, Cat. lepid. Ins. Mus. East India Company2: 261. This name applies to the form in which the abdomen has a more-or-less broad yellow band on tergites 6 and 7, the other tergites generally have dispersed yellow hair scales and the discs of the wings are violet-purple with little gloss.
Thorax upperside yellow, except a black, ill-defined, transverse band anteriorly on mesonotum; sometimes centre of thorax more or less black. Abdomen underside with posterior sternites yellow only at sides. Uncus with the lobes compressed, pointed, slightly curved downwards, somewhat sabre-shaped, upper edgerough with notchesnear middle. Harpe with lobe truncate, the ventral edge acuminate, tooth pointed, plate large.