Copaxa decrescens
The Leroy Simon Collection
Copaxa decrescens
koh-PAX-uhMdeh-KRES-sens
Walker, 1855
Copaxa decrescens ?? male,
Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.
Copaxa decrescens ?? male,
Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.
Copaxa
decrescens ?? female,
Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.
Copaxa
decrescens ?? female,
Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.
Copaxa
decrescens ?? eggs,
Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.
Copaxa
decrescens ?? first instars,
Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.
Copaxa
decrescens ?? third instars,
Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.
Copaxa
decrescens ?? fifth instar,
Ecuador, courtesy of Leroy Simon.
With the advent of DNA barcoding in 2008, many specimens previously thought to be Copaxa decrescens in eastern Ecuador should now be assigned
to Copaxa andescens Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia; or Copaxa arianae, Ecuador: Napo or Copaxa koenigi, Peru: Junin, Ecuador; while specimens from
western Ecuador would be Copaxa witti: Pichincha, Esmeraldas; or
Copaxa ignescens, western Colombia; Ecuador: Imbabura.
I am not sure of current status of Copaxa niepelti (possibly a synonym of ignescens or troetschi, maybe limited to Colombia in South America) or
Copaxa cineracea, ?Ecuador, ?Peru unknown source location ?????
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