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Parent Taxon

• Saturniidae

Sibling Taxa

• Actias
• Agapema
• Antheraea
• Antherina
• Argema
• Ceranchia
• Copaxa
• Cricula
• Graellsia
• Lemaireia
• Loepa
• Neodiphthera
• Neoris
• Opodiphthera
• Rhodinia
• Rinaca
• Saturnia
• Solus
• Syntherata

Child Taxa

• Copaxa amazpandens
• Copaxa andcarchensis
• Copaxa andchinchao
• Copaxa andensis
• Copaxa andescens
• Copaxa andorientalis
• Copaxa andpichinchensis
• Copaxa anikae
• Copaxa antiollita
• Copaxa apollinairei
• Copaxa arianae
• Copaxa australoescalantei
• Copaxa bachuea
• Copaxa bella
• Copaxa belloidea
• Copaxa bireni
• Copaxa brunnaeocaeca
• Copaxa brunnea
• Copaxa cabrera
• Copaxa canella
• Copaxa carolinae
• Copaxa chapata
• Copaxa chimaltenangensis
• Copaxa chrisbrechlinae
• Copaxa cineracea
• Copaxa ciseskii
• Copaxa cochandensis
• Copaxa conlani
• Copaxa copaxoides
• Copaxa corralesi
• Copaxa curvilinea
• Copaxa cuscoandensis
• Copaxa cuscoexpandens
• Copaxa cydiphondurensis
• Copaxa cydippe
• Copaxa dagmarae
• Copaxa decrescens
• Copaxa denda
• Copaxa denhezi
• Copaxa escalantei
• Copaxa evelynae
• Copaxa expandens
• Copaxa flavina
• Copaxa flavobrunnea
• Copaxa garciorum
• Copaxa haxairei
• Copaxa herbuloti
• Copaxa hondfenestrata
• Copaxa intermediata
• Copaxa joinvillea
• Copaxa junfenstrata
• Copaxa kaechi
• Copaxa kitchingi
• Copaxa knorkei
• Copaxa koenigi
• Copaxa lavendera
• Copaxa lavenderoguatemalensis
• Copaxa lavenderohidalgensis
• Copaxa lavenderohondurensis
• Copaxa lavenderojaliscensis
• Copaxa litensis
• Copaxa lunula
• Copaxa machadoi
• Copaxa madrediosiana
• Copaxa mannana
• Copaxa marona
• Copaxa marquezae
• Copaxa mazaorum
• Copaxa medea
• Copaxa medejunensis
• Copaxa metescens
• Copaxa mexcentralis
• Copaxa mielkeorum
• Copaxa miranda
• Copaxa moinieri
• Copaxa muellerana
• Copaxa multifenestrata
• Copaxa niepelti
• Copaxa novocineracea
• Copaxa ockendeni
• Copaxa orientalis
• Copaxa orios
• Copaxa pararufinans
• Copaxa parexpandens
• Copaxa parvohidalgensis
• Copaxa pascoandensis
• Copaxa peggyae
• Copaxa pinasi
• Copaxa purulhensis
• Copaxa rudloffi
• Copaxa rufa
• Copaxa rufijaliscensis
• Copaxa rufimichoacanensis
• Copaxa rufinans
• Copaxa rufotincta
• Copaxa sachai
• Copaxa sanmarcosiana
• Copaxa sapatoza
• Copaxa satellita
• Copaxa satellitoidea
• Copaxa satipoexpandens
• Copaxa schmiti
• Copaxa semioculata
• Copaxa silkae
• Copaxa simoni
• Copaxa simson
• Copaxa sinjaevi
• Copaxa siriae
• Copaxa sophronia
• Copaxa sumacensis
• Copaxa syntheratoides
• Copaxa troetschi
• Copaxa trottierorum
• Copaxa tulcana
• Copaxa vanschaycki
• Copaxa virgensis
• Copaxa wernermeisteri
• Copaxa winbrechlini
• Copaxa winbrechliniani
• Copaxa witti
• Copaxa wittiana
• Copaxa wolfei
• Copaxa yarumala
• Copaxa yungallita
• Copaxa yungaskoenigoides
• Copaxa yungaspandens
• Copaxa yungescens

Top Observation Places

• Puebla
• Naucalpan de Juárez
• Tlalnepantla
• Azcapotzalco
• Delegación Cuajimalpa de Morelos
• Xalapa de Enríquez