Copaxa orientalis

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Saturniini
Genus: Copaxa
Species: Copaxa orientalis
Subspecies: C. o. achupasiana – C. o. guamaniana – C. o. orientalis

Name

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Copaxa orientalis (Lemaire, 1975)

Type locality: Ecuador, Oriente, Cotopaxi, route de Salcedo napo, km. 49, 3500 m.

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. 5-7.I.1975.

Synonymy

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  • Copaxa (Saturniodes) semioculata orientalis Lemaire, 1975 (original combination)
  • Copaxa semioculata orientalis (Lemaire, 1975): Lemaire1978: 198.
  • Copaxa orientalis (Lemaire, 1975): Wolfe et al., 2003: 55

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2012e. Twelve new taxa in the genus Copaxa Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 5(2): 5–25. Reference page
  • Wolfe, K.L. 2005. Revision of the Copaxa semioculata and Copaxa medea groups, with corrigenda of Wolfe et al. (2003a), descriptions of three new species, and notes on their early stages (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 26(3): 121–136. Reference page
  • Brechlin, R.; Meister, F., Käch, H. & van Schayck, E., 2016: Twenty-five new taxa in the genus Copaxa Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 9 (4): 5–45.

Photos

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  • Silkmoths: male [1]