Copaxa orientalis orientalis

Taxonavigation

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: Copaxa orientalis orientalis

Name

Copaxa orientalis orientalis (Lemaire, 1975)

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

Holotype: MNHN. male ♂. 5-7.I.1975.

Synonymy

• 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

Primary references

• Lemaire, C. 1975. Trois Saturniidae inédits du Costa Rica et du Pérou (Lepidoptera). Lambillionea 75(7-8): 55–61. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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.