''Caio'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Saturniidae
Saturniidae, commonly known as saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world. Notable members include the emperor moths, royal moths, and gi ...
. The genus was described by Travassos and Noronha in 1968.
Species
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Caio championi
''Caio championi'' is a large moth of the family Saturniidae first described by Druce in 1886. It is found from Mexico to Guatemala, south to western Ecuador and northern Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Ven ...
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(Druce, 1886)
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Caio chiapasiana Caio may refer to:
* Caio (name), a Portuguese given name derived from the Latin given name Gaius
* Caio, Carmarthenshire, a village in west Wales
* ''Caio'' (moth), a genus
* Italian destroyer ''Caio Duilio'', a destroyer of the Italian Navy
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Brechlin & Meister, 2010
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Caio harrietae Caio may refer to:
* Caio (name), a Portuguese given name derived from the Latin given name Gaius
* Caio, Carmarthenshire, a village in west Wales
* ''Caio'' (moth), a genus
* Italian destroyer ''Caio Duilio'', a destroyer of the Italian Navy
Se ...
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(Forbes, 1944)
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Caio hidalgensis Caio may refer to:
* Caio (name), a Portuguese given name derived from the Latin given name Gaius
* Caio, Carmarthenshire, a village in west Wales
* ''Caio'' (moth), a genus
* Italian destroyer ''Caio Duilio'', a destroyer of the Italian Navy
Se ...
''
Brechlin & Meister, 2010
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Caio richardsoni Caio may refer to:
* Caio (name), a Portuguese given name derived from the Latin given name Gaius
* Caio, Carmarthenshire, a village in west Wales
* ''Caio'' (moth), a genus
* Italian destroyer ''Caio Duilio'', a destroyer of the Italian Navy
Se ...
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(Druce, 1890)
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Caio romulus''
(Maassen, 1869)
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Caio undilinea''
(Schaus, 1921)
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Caio witti''
Brechlin & Meister, 2010
References
Arsenurinae
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