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Copaxa Walker, 1855
Copaxa Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1199 (key), 1235, TS: Copaxa decrescens Walker
Sagana Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1199 (key), 1234, TS: Saturnia sapatoza Westwood
Saturniodes Jordan, 1911; Novit. zool. 18 (1) : 132, TS: Saturnia medea Maassen
Sagana ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 175
Copaxa ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 173
Copaxa (Saturniini) ; [MABL]

~36spp.

Copaxa cineracea Rothschild, 1895
Ecuador, N.Peru. See [About maps] Copaxa cineracea Rothschild, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 40
Copaxa cineracea ; Racheli, 1994, Atalanta 25 (1/2): 278 (note), pl. XI, f. 2
Copaxa copaxoides (Dyar, 1912)
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Copaxa copaxoides ; [MABL]
Copaxa cydippe (Druce, 1894)
Mexico, Guatemala. See [About maps]
Copaxa decrescens Walker, 1855
Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). See [About maps] Copaxa decrescens Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1237, TL: Rio de Janeiro
Copaxa decrescens ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 173
Copaxa denda Druce, 1894
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Copaxa denda ; [MABL]
Copaxa escalantei Lemaire, 1971
Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama. See [About maps] Copaxa escalantei ; [MABL]
Copaxa expandens Walker, 1855
Panama, Venezuela. See [About maps] Copaxa expandens Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1238, TL: Venezuela
Copaxa trimaculata Rothschild, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 40, TL: Centra America
Copaxa expandens ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 174
C. e. brunneocaeca Lemaire, 1982
Ecuador
Copaxa lavendera (Westwood, 1853)
Mexico, Guatemala. See [About maps] Saturnia lavendera Westwood, 1853; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. (1853) 21 : 160, pl. 32, f. 3
Copaxa plenkeri C. & R. Felder, 1860; Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (4): 112, pl. 1, f. 3, TL: Mexico
Copaxa lavendera ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 174; [MABL]
Copaxa mannana Dyar, 1914
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Copaxa mannana ; [MABL]
Copaxa mazaorum Lemaire, 1982
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Copaxa mazaorum ; [MABL]
Copaxa medea (Maassen, 1890)
Ecuador. See [About maps] Saturnia medea Maassen, 1890; in Reiss & Stübel, Reisen Süd-Am. Lep.: 50, 65, 133, pl. 5, f. 7, TL: Ecuador, Pichincha, Riobamba, Huamboya
Copaxa muellerana (Dyar, 1920)
Mexico, ...?. See [About maps] Copaxa muellerana ; [MABL]
Copaxa multifenestrata (Herrich-Schäffer, [1858])
Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, ...?. See [About maps] multifenestrata (Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]); Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1: 61, 84, 1 (26): pl. 96, f. 551
Copaxa multifenestrata ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 173; [MABL]
Copaxa rufinans Schaus, 1906
Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, W.Ecuador. See [About maps] Copaxa rufinans ; [MABL]
Copaxa sophronia Schaus, 1921
Mexico, Guatemala. See [About maps]
The semioculata species-group
Copaxa sapatoza (Westwood, [1854])
Mexico, ..., Colombia. See [About maps] Saturnia sapatoza Westwood, [1854]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. (1853) 21 : 163, pl. 33, f. 1, TL: Bogota
Sagana sapatoza ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 175
Copaxa semioculata (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
W.Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, N.Peru. See [About maps] Sagana semioculata R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Copaxa semioculata ; Wolfe, Lemaire, Amarillo & Conlan, 2003, J. Lep. Soc. 57 (1): 55, f. 1-3, 10-14 (larva), 17-18 (gen)

Larva on Persea americana, (in captivity) Wolfe, Lemaire, Amarillo & Conlan, 2003, J. Lep. Soc. 57 (1): 57

Copaxa orientalis Lemaire, 1975
Ecuador, Colombia. See [About maps] Copaxa semioculata orientalis Lemaire, 1975; Lambillionea 75: (55-61)
Copaxa orientalis ; Wolfe, Lemaire, Amarillo & Conlan, 2003, J. Lep. Soc. 57 (1): 55, f. 7-8, 21 (gen)
Copaxa herbuloti Lemaire, 1971
NW.Peru. See [About maps]
Copaxa lunula Wolfe & Conlan, 2003
N.Peru, Bolivia. See [About maps] Copaxa lunula Wolfe & Conlan, 2003; J. Lep. Soc. 57 (1): 59, f. 4-6, 19-20 (gen.), TL: Bolivia, Cochabamba, dwarf cloud forest 1km E La Siberia, 3050m (17°47.63S 64°44.70W)

Larva on Persea americana, (in captivity) Wolfe, Lemaire, Amarillo & Conlan, 2003, J. Lep. Soc. 57 (1): 57

Copaxa simson Maassen & Weymer, 1881
Panama. See [About maps] Copaxa simson Maassen & Weymer, 1881; Beitr. Schmett. 4: f. 77, TL: Panama
Copaxa simson ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 174
Copaxa trotschi Druce, 1886
Panama. See [About maps] Copaxa trötschi Druce, 1886; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 174, 3: pl. 17, f. 3, TL: Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui
Copaxa chapata (Westwood, 1853)
Mexico. See [About maps] Saturnia chapata Westwood, 1853; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. (1853) 21 : 162, TL: Mexico
Antheraea chapata ; Godman & Salvin, 1886, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 185, 3: pl. 19, f. 1
Copaxa syntheratoides Rothschild, 1895
Costa Rica, .... See [About maps] Copaxa syntheratoides Rothschild, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 40, TL: Volcano of Chiriqui, Costa Rica
Copaxa multifenestrata Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]²
Mexico, .... See [About maps] multifenestrata Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]²; Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1: 61, 81, 1 (26): f. 551
C. m. rufotincta Rothschild, 1895
Panama Copaxa multifenestrata rufotincta Rothschild, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 40, TL: Panama
Copaxa orios (Dyar, 1913)
Peru. See [About maps] Saturniodes orios Dyar, 1913; Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 45 (2006) : 641, TL: Peru, Cuzco

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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[MABL]
Manuel A. Balcázar Lara; Palomillas de México
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:
Dyar, 1913
Results of the Yale Peruvian expedition of 1911. Lepidoptera Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 45 (2006) : 627-649
C. & R. Felder, 1860
Lepidopterologische Fragmente. V-VI Wien. ent. Monats. 4 (4): 97-112, pl. 1-2, (8): 225-251, pl. 3-4
Druce in Godman & Salvin, 1886; Godman & Salvin, 1886
Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]
Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge, 1850-[1869]: Heterocera (Nachfalter) Samml. aussereurop. Schmett. (I) 1 (1): pl. 1-4, f. 1-17 (1853), 1 (2): pl. 5-8, f. 18-38 (1853), 1 (3): pl. 9-12, f. 39-51 (1853), 1 (4): pl. 13-16, f. 52-76 (1853), 1 (5): pl. 17-20, f. 77-97 (1854), 1 (6): pl. 21-24, f. 98-114 (1854), 1 (7): pl. [25-28], f. 115-138 (1854), 1 (8): pl. [29-32], f. 139-153 (1854), 1 (9): pl. [33-36], f. 154-173 (1854), 1 (10): pl. [37-40], f. 174-201 (1854), 1 (11): pl. [41-44], f. 202-231 (1854), 1 (12): pl. [45-48], f. 232-258 (1854), 1 (13-17): pl. 49-68, f. 259-390 (1855), 1 (?18): pl. [69], f. 391-396 (1858), 1 (?19): pl. [70], f. 397-403 (1858), 1 (?20-21): pl. 71-78, f. 404-451 (1855), 1 (?22): pl. [79], f. 452-458 (1858), 1 (23-25): pl. 80-94, f. 459-540 (1856), 1 (26): pl. [95-96], f. 541-551 (1858), 1: 1-52 (1856), 1: 53-84 (1858), 2: pl. [97-100], f. 552-571 (1869)
Jordan, 1911
Descriptions of new Saturniidae Novit. zool. 18 (1) : 129-134
Lemaire, 1975
Description de neuf Attacidae sud-americains [Lep.] Lambillionea 75: 55-61, 5fgs, 4pls
Maassen, 1890
Reisen in Süd-Amerika. Lepidopteren... 1868-77 in Reiss & Stübel, Reisen Süd-Am. Lep.: xi + 182pp
Racheli, 1994
Some notes on Ecuadorian Saturniidae Atalanta 25 (1/2): 275-279
Rothschild, 1895
Notes on Saturnidae; with a preliminary revision of the family down to the genus Automeris, and descriptions of some species Novit. Zool. 2 (1): 35-51, pl. 10
Walker, 1855
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)
Westwood, 1853; Westwood, [1854]
Descriptions of some New Species of Exotic Moths, belonging or allied to the Genus Saturnia Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. (1853) 21 : 157-167, pl. 32-33
Wolfe & Conlan, 2003; Wolfe, Lemaire, Amarillo & Conlan, 2003
A contribution to the systematics of the Copaxa semioculata species-group (Saturniidae), with notes on the early stages, and a description of Copaxa lunula, new species J. Lep. Soc. 57 (1): 54-61

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