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Parent Taxon

• Saturniidae

Sibling Taxa

• Adetomeris
• Ancistrota
• Arias
• Auroraia
• Austrolippa
• Automerella
• Automerina
• Automeris
• Automeropsis
• Callodirphia
• Catacantha
• Catharisa
• Cerodirphia
• Cinommata
• Coloradia
• Dirphia
• Dirphiella
• Dirphiopsis
• Erythromeris
• Eubergia
• Eudyaria
• Gamelia
• Gamelioides
• Heliconisa
• Hemileuca
• Hidripa
• Hirpida
• Hispaniodirphia
• Hylesia
• Hylesiopsis
• Hyperchiria
• Hyperchirioides
• Hypermerina
• Ithomisa
• Kentroleuca
• Lemaireodirphia
• Leucanella
• Lonomia
• Manodirphia
• Meroleuca
• Molippa
• Ormiscodes
• Paradirphia
• Periga
• Periphoba
• Prohylesia
• Pseudautomeris
• Pseudodirphia
• Rhodirphia
• Travassosula
• Winbrechlinia
• Xanthodirphia

Child Taxa

• Periphoba albata
• Periphoba arcaei
• Periphoba attali
• Periphoba augur
• Periphoba aurata
• Periphoba campisi
• Periphoba courtini
• Periphoba galmeidai
• Periphoba hidalgensis
• Periphoba hircia
• Periphoba moseri
• Periphoba nigra
• Periphoba ockendeni
• Periphoba parallela
• Periphoba pascoensis
• Periphoba pessoai
• Periphoba porioni
• Periphoba punoensis
• Periphoba rosacea
• Periphoba rudloffi
• Periphoba tangerini
• Periphoba tarapoto
• Periphoba tephra
• Periphoba tolimaiana
• Periphoba unicolor
• Periphoba yungasiana

Top Observation Places

• Playa del Carmen
• San Salvador
• San Marcos
• Orizaba
• Xalapa de Enríquez
• Coatepec