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Copiopteryx is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilySaturniidae
Observations recorded1,148

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
Family
Saturniidae
Collections
YPM, DMNS, USNM
Recorded in
Costa Rica, French Guiana

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Saturniidae
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Copiopteryx derceto.jpg
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Category:Copiopteryx
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taxon name
Copiopteryx
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Copiopteryx is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by James Duncan and John O. Westwood in 1841.

==Species== The genus includes the following species: Copiopteryx adaheli Draudt, 1930 Copiopteryx andensis Lemaire, 1974 Copiopteryx banghaasi Draudt, 1930 Copiopteryx biedermanni Kotzsch, 1930 Copiopteryx cleopatra Girard, 1882 Copiopteryx derceto (Maassen, 1872) Copiopteryx imperialis Girard, 1882 Copiopteryx inversa Giacomelli, 1911 Copiopteryx jehovah (Strecker, 1874) Copiopteryx montei Gagarin, 1933 Copiopteryx phippsi Schaus, 1932 Copiopteryx phoenix Deyrolle, 1868 Copiopteryx semiramis (Cramer, 1775) Copiopteryx sonthonnaxi Em. Andre, 1905 Copiopteryx steindachneri Fassl, 1917 Copiopteryx travassosi May, 1933 Copiopteryx virgo Zikan, 1929

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