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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Saturniinae
Tribus: Saturniini
Genus: Copaxa
Subgenera: C. (Copaxa) – C. (Sagana)
Overview species
canella Species Group
canella Species Subgroup

Species: C. bireni – C. canella – C. flavina – C. flavobrunnea – C. joinvillea – C. miranda – C. simson – C. wittiana
lavendera Species Subgroup

Species: C. lavendera – C. lavenderoguatemalensis – C. lavenderohidalgensis – C. lavenderohondurensis – C. lavenderojaliscensis – C. parvohidalgensis
copaxoides Species Group

Species: C. copaxoides – C. mannana – C. muellerana
cydippe Species Group

Species: C. chimaltengangensis – C. cydippe – C. cydiphondurensis – C. evelynae – C. haxairei – C. purulhensis – C. sanmarcosiana
decrescens Species Group
descrescens Species Subgroup

Species: C. andescens – C. decrescens – C. koenigi – C. marona – C. metescens – C. niepelti – C. troetschi – C. witti – C. yungaskoenigoides – C. yungescens
rufinans Species Subgroup

Species: C. apollinairei – C. arianae – C. curvilinea – C. moinieri – C. pararufinans – C. rudloffi – C. rufijaliscensis – C. rufimichoacanensis – C. rufinans – C. winbrechlini – C. witti – C. wolfei – C. yarumala
expandens Species Group
expandens Species Subgroup

Species: C. amazpandens – C. brunneocaeca – C. cuscoexpandens – C. expandens – C. intii – C. paraexpandens – C. peggyae – C. satipoexpandens – C. winbrechliniani – C. yungaspandens
andensis Species Subgroup

Species: C. andcarchensis – C. andchinchao – C. andensis – C. andpichinchensis – C. andorientalis – C. cabrera – C. cochandensis – C. cuscoandensis – C. gachala – C. machadoi – C. marquezae – C. pascoandensis – C. virgensis
medea Species Group

Species: C. medea – C. medejunensis – C. ockendeni
multifenestrata Species Group

Species: C. antiollita – C. australoescalantei – C. conlani – C. dariensis – C. denda – C. denhezi – C. escalantei – C. garciorum – C. hondfenestrata – C. junfenestrata – C. kitchingi – C. knorkei – C. litensis – C. madrediosiana – C. mazaorum – C. mexcentralis – C. mielkeorum – C. multifenestrata – C. novocineracea – C. rufotincta – C. satellita – C. satellitoidea – C. schmiti – C. silkae – C. siriae – C. sophronia – C. sophronioides – C. spadix – C. sumacensis – C. syntheratoides – C. trottierorum – C. vanschaycki – C. wernermeisteri – C. yungallita
sapatoza (= semioculata) Species Group

Species: C. anikae – C. bachuea – – C. belloidea – C. carolinae – C. chrisbrechlinae – C. ciseskii – C. corralesi – C. dagmarae – C. frontina – C. herbulot – C. kaechi – C. lunula – C. orientalis – C. pinasi – C. sachai – C. sapatoza – C. semioculata – C. simoni – C. sinjaevi – C. sevetlana – C. tulcana – C. urraoC. bella

Species: C. andensis – C. cineracea – C. intermediata – C. rufa – C. wittiana –
Name

Copaxa Walker, 1855

Type species: Copaxa decrescens Walker, 1855 by subsequent designation by Kirby, 1892.
Synonyms

Sagana Walker, 1855
Type species: Saturnia sapatoza Westwood, 1854 by monotypy.
Saturniodes Jordan, 1911
Type species: Saturnia medea Maassen, 1890 by monotypy

References

Bénéluz, F. 2008: Description d'un Copaxa inédit de Guyane française (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Saturniinae). Lambillionea, 108(1): 16–18. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. 2018j. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Copaxa WALKER, 1855 aus Peru (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia 11(1): 106–110. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. 2018q. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Copaxa Walker, 1855 aus Kolumbien und Panama (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia 11(3): 5–7. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. 2019f. Copaxa wittiana n. sp., a new saturniid from South America (Lepidoptera). Entomo-Satsphingia 12(2): 5-9. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. 2019m. Zwei neue Arten der Gattung Copaxa Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 12(3): 57-61. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. 2021g. Two new species in the genus Copaxa Walker, 1855 from Colombia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 14(2): 28-31. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. , Käch, H. & Meister, F., 2011a: Three new species of the genus Copaxa Walker, 1855 from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia, 4(2): 9–15. Reference page.
Lemaire, C. 1971. Descriptions d'Attacidae (Saturniidae) nouveaux d'Amerique Centrale et du Sud (Lepidoptera). Tijdschrift Voor Entomologie 114: 141-162. full article BHL (PDF). Reference page.
Lemaire, C. (1982): Vingt-huit Saturniidae néotropicaux inédits. Annales de la Société entomologique de France, (N.S.) 18: 55–88
Wolfe, K. L.; Lemaire, C.; Amarillo, A. & Conlan, C. A. (2003): A contribution to the systematics of the Copaxa semioculata species-group (Saturniidae), with notes on the early stages, and a description of Copaxa lunula, new species. Journal of the Lepidopterists'Society 57 (1): 54–61. Full article: [1]
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. (2009): Eine neue, bisher verkannte Art der Gattung Copaxa Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 2(1): 23–26
Herbin, D. 2009. Description of two new species of Saturniidae from Mexico (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). The European Entomologist 1(3-4): 87–94. Reference page.
Brechlin, R.. & Meister, F, 2010: Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Copaxa Walker,1855 aus Mittelamerika (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 3(4): 26–35. Reference page.
Brechlin, R.; Meister, F. 2010i: Einige Anmerkungen zur Gattung Copaxa Walker, 1855 mit Beschreibung von achtzehn neuen Taxa (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 3(3): 27–55. Reference page.
Brechlin, R.; Meister, F., 2010m: Zwei neue Arten der sapatoza-Gruppe der Gattung Copaxa Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 3(5): 46–49. Reference page.
Brechlin, R.; Käch, H. & Meister, F. (2011): Three new species of the genus Copaxa Walker, 1855 from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 4(2): 9–15
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. (2012): Twelve new taxa of the genus Copaxa Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 5(2): 5–25
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2013d. Eine neue Art der Gattung Copaxa Walker, 1855 aus Französisch Guayana (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 6(2): 9–12. Reference page.
Brechlin, R., Käch, H. & Meister, F. 2013f. Vier neue Arten der Gattung Copaxa Walker, 1855 aus Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-satsphingia 6(3): 40–49. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Meister, F. 2014: Three new species of the genus Copaxa Walker, 1855 from Honduras (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 7(1): 5–11. Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & H. Käch, 2016: Description of the hitherto unknown ♂ of Copaxa hoehni Brechlin, R. ; H. Käch & F. Meister, 2013 based on a bilateral gynandromorph (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 9 (4): 46–47.
Brechlin, R.; Meister, F., Käch, H. & van Schayck, E., 2016: Twenty-five new taxa in the genus Copaxa Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 9 (4): 5–45.
Wolfe, K.L. 2005. Revision of the Copaxa semioculata and Copaxa medea groups, with corrigenda of Wolfe et al. (2003a), descriptions of three new species, and notes on their early stages (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 26(3): 121–136. Reference page.
Wolfe, K.L. & Conlan, C.A. 2002. A new Copaxa from Ecuador and its immature stages (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Saturniinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 22(4): 235–238. Reference page.
Wolfe, K.L., Bonilla, D., Ramirez, L.D. & Decaëns, T. 2003. Rediscovery of Copaxa sapatoza and revealing of its immature stages (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Saturniinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F. 24(3): 143–146. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Brechlin, R. & Käch, H. (2017): A new species in the genus Copaxa Walker, 1855 from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 10 (2): 5-7.

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