Automeris

Automeris is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae and the subfamily Hemileucinae.

[4] These moths are generally characterized by the eyelike patches on the hindwings and the leaflike pattern on the forewings, an example of crypsis.

[4] The genus was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819 and it is distributed in the Neotropical realm.

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