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I just don’t see the resemblance: many Pokémon have nails so encircling them as a similarity is weird, specially when they’re drastically different shapes for the Pokémon. The trunk stripes also have really different incorporations- it’s much more armor like in Phanpy and have really different shapes.
They also have different body types apart from being a bulky elephant: Phanpy is stubby whereas Cufant has pretty angular limbs.
And like @Esserise said, the concept is too elaborate to restrict to a regional variant imo- and bringing over another "regional variant" from a different region has its own set of complications (Why aren’t we seeing the region in game?") specially if there are no plans of an Indian region. It’s far easier and better to make a new Pokemon at that point, specially when Copperajah has no similarities with Donphan or Phanpy at all apart from being an elephant.
They also have different body types apart from being a bulky elephant: Phanpy is stubby whereas Cufant has pretty angular limbs.
And like @Esserise said, the concept is too elaborate to restrict to a regional variant imo- and bringing over another "regional variant" from a different region has its own set of complications (Why aren’t we seeing the region in game?") specially if there are no plans of an Indian region. It’s far easier and better to make a new Pokemon at that point, specially when Copperajah has no similarities with Donphan or Phanpy at all apart from being an elephant.