Oxytenis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Saturniidae
- Genus
- Oxytenis
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Oxytenis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oxytenis
Oxytenis is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae and subfamily Oxyteninae. They are also known as jigsaw emperor moths. he genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. During its larval form, it has large eyespots on the front of its head in an attempt to mimic a snake. The larva has unusual, large, almost wing-like, fleshy protrusions on either side.
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Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Oxytenis affinis
- Oxytenis albilunulata
- Oxytenis albnapoensis
- Oxytenis beprea
- Oxytenis bicornis
- Oxytenis epamazonensis
- Oxytenis epiphaea
- Oxytenis epjunensis
- Oxytenis epnapoensis
- Oxytenis eppinchcarchensis
- Oxytenis epsumacensis
- Oxytenis erosa
- Oxytenis espichinchensis
- Oxytenis ferruginea
- Oxytenis gigantea
- Oxytenis honesta
- Oxytenis leda
- Oxytenis lonomica
- Oxytenis malecena
- Oxytenis maranhensis
- Oxytenis marquezae
- Oxytenis mirabilis
- Oxytenis modaustralis
- Oxytenis modbahiana
- Oxytenis modestia
- Oxytenis modoccidentalis
- Oxytenis naemia
- Oxytenis nubila
- Oxytenis nubnapoensis
- Oxytenis panguana
- Oxytenis paraguayensis
- Oxytenis peregrina
- Oxytenis plettina
- Oxytenis semilunata
- Oxytenis siriae
- Oxytenis sobrina
- Oxytenis spadix
- Oxytenis vanjunensis
- Oxytenis vanricana
- Oxytenis vanschaycki
- Oxytenis vanyungana
- Oxytenis zerbbahiana
- Oxytenis zerbina




























































































































































