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Updated as per Entomo Satsphingia Jahrgang 6 Heft 2 21.02.2013; April 16, 2013 |
Copaxa cydiphondurensis HT male, Lempira, Honduras,
67mm, July 4, 2013, 1400m, on my home computer only.
Copaxa cydippe (more likely cydiphondurensis or purulhensis) male, Cortes, Honduras,
courtesy of
Eduardo Marabuto, tentative id by Bill Oehlke.
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TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
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This moth is extremely similar to Copaxa cydippe from Mexico, and to Copaxa purulhensis from Guatemala.
Most of the Copaxa brood continuously so I suspect cydiphondurensis would be on the wing every month of the year. Thus far this species has only been observed on the wing in July. There may be additional flight months.
Copaxa cydiphondurensis AT female, Lempira, Honduras,
69mm, on my home computer only.
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The species name, cydiphondurensis, is indicative of a very close similarity to C. cydippe and a specimen type locale in Honduras.