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Eyed Silkmoths
Automeris
Automeris is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae and the subfamily Hemileucinae. As of 1996 there were 124 species, and more have since been described. These moths are generally characterized by the eyelike patches on the hindwings and the leaflike pattern on the forewings, an example of crypsis. The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819 and it is distributed in the Neotropical realm.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Io Moth
speciesAutomeris io
Automeris naranja
speciesAutomeris naranja
Automeris illustris
speciesAutomeris illustris
Automeris zugana
speciesAutomeris zugana
Cecrops Eyed Silkmoth
speciesAutomeris cecrops
Automeris metzli
speciesAutomeris metzli
Automeris postalbida
speciesAutomeris postalbida
Automeris liberia
speciesAutomeris liberia
Zephyr Eyed Silkmoth
speciesAutomeris zephyria
Automeris excreta
speciesAutomeris excreta
Automeris belti
speciesAutomeris belti
Automeris melanops
speciesAutomeris melanops
Automeris hamata
speciesAutomeris hamata
Automeris dagmarae
speciesAutomeris dagmarae
Automeris egeus
speciesAutomeris egeus
Automeris banus
speciesAutomeris banus
Automeris tridens
speciesAutomeris tridens
Automeris jucunda
speciesAutomeris jucunda
Automeris bilinea
speciesAutomeris bilinea
Automeris coresus
speciesAutomeris coresus
Automeris basalis
speciesAutomeris basalis
Automeris curvilinea
speciesAutomeris curvilinea
Automeris inornata
speciesAutomeris inornata
Automeris larra
speciesAutomeris larra
Automeris beckeri
speciesAutomeris beckeri
Automeris midea
speciesAutomeris midea
Automeris arianae
speciesAutomeris arianae
Automeris amoena
speciesAutomeris amoena
Automeris pallidior
speciesAutomeris pallidior
Automeris phrynon
speciesAutomeris phrynon
Automeris moresca
speciesAutomeris moresca
Automeris innoxia
speciesAutomeris innoxia
Automeris janus
speciesAutomeris janus
Automeris abdominalis
speciesAutomeris abdominalis
Automeris umbrosa
speciesAutomeris umbrosa
Automeris fieldi
speciesAutomeris fieldi
Automeris exigua
speciesAutomeris exigua
Automeris maeonia
speciesAutomeris maeonia
Automeris orestes
speciesAutomeris orestes
Louisiana eyed silkmoth
speciesAutomeris louisiana
Automeris grammodes
speciesAutomeris grammodes
Automeris amanda
speciesAutomeris amanda
Automeris zozimanaguana
speciesAutomeris zozimanaguana
Automeris granulosa
speciesAutomeris granulosa
Automeris arminia
speciesAutomeris arminia
Automeris celata
speciesAutomeris celata
Automeris annulata
speciesAutomeris annulata
Automeris themis
speciesAutomeris themis
Automeris denticulata
speciesAutomeris denticulata
Automeris choco
speciesAutomeris choco
Automeris montezuma
speciesAutomeris montezuma
Automeris unifasciatus
speciesAutomeris unifasciatus
Automeris moloneyi
speciesAutomeris moloneyi
Automeris ovalina
speciesAutomeris ovalina
Automeris argentifera
speciesAutomeris argentifera
Iris Eyed Silkmoth
speciesAutomeris iris
Automeris tristis
speciesAutomeris tristis
Automeris cinctistriga
speciesAutomeris cinctistriga
Automeris zozine
speciesAutomeris zozine
Automeris abdomipichinchensis
speciesAutomeris abdomipichinchensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 82286.