Copaxa decrescens
Updated as per personal communication with Enio Branco (Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 6, 2014); February 24, 2016

Copaxa decrescens
Walker, 1855

Copaxa decrescens male, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
July 2, 2014, courtesy of Enio Branco.

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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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DISTRIBUTION:

Copaxa decrescens is probably limited in its range from Bahia, Brazil throughout the rest of southeastern Brazil and into Argentina: Misiones, and possibly Paraguay.

Enio Branco reports February, July, September-October-November flights in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and he provides the following images.

Copaxa decrescens male, Tapirai, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
September 24, 2014, courtesy of Enio Branco.

Copaxa decrescens male, Tapirai, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
November 14, 2014, courtesy of Enio Branco.

Copaxa decrescens male, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
February 24, 2015, courtesy of Enio Branco.

Copaxa decrescens male, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
October 28, 2014, courtesy of Enio Branco.

Copaxa decrescens male, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
October 28, 2014, courtesy of Enio Branco.

Copaxa decrescens female, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
November 6, 2014, courtesy of Enio Branco.

Copaxa decrescens male, Bahia, Brazil,
103mm, ESs, on my home computer only.

Copaxa decrescens male, Sao Bento Do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil,
96mm, December 2013, courtesy of Philippe Brems.

Copaxa decrescens female, Bahia, Brazil,
ESs, on my home computer only.