Copaxa marona

Copaxa marona
Schaus 1906


Copaxa marona fifth instar, French Guiana, courtesy of Jean-Yves Malmasson.


Copaxa marona third or fourth?? instars, French Guiana, courtesy of Jean-Yves Malmasson.


Copaxa marona cocoon, French Guiana, courtesy of Jean-Yves Malmasson.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Saturniini, Boisduval, 1837
Genus: Copaxa, Walker, 1855

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The larvae and cocoon on this page were originally thought to be Copaxa decrescens, but in 2010 Brechlin and Meister removed the French Guiana population from synonymity with C. decrescens, and restored the name Copaxa marona Schaus, 1906, to the French Guiana populations.

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