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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