Oxytenis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Saturniidae
Subfamilia: Oxyteninae
Genus: Oxytenis
Species: O. albilunulata – O. albnapoensis – O. angulata – O. aravaca – O. beprea – O. bicornis – O. epamazonensis – O. epiphaea – O. epjunensis – O. epnapoensis – O. eppinchcarchensis – O. epsumacensis – O. erosa – O. espichinchensis – O. ferruginea – O. gigantea – O. leda – O. maranhensis – O. marquezae – O. mirabilis – O. modaustralis – O. modbahiana – O. modestia – O. modoccidentalis – O. naemia – O. nubila – O. nubnapoensis – O. panguana – O. paraguayensis – O. peregrina – O. plettina – O. siriae – O. sobrina – O. spadix – O. vanjunensis – O. vanricana – O. vanschaycki – O. vanyungana – O. zerbbahiana – O. zerbina

Name

Oxytenis Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Phalaena modestia Cramer, [1780]
References

Brechlin, R. & Drechsel, U. 2017. Eine neue Art der Gattung Oxytenis Hübner, 1819 [1816] aus Paraguay (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae; Oxyteninae). Entomo-satsphingia 10(1): 38–42 Reference page.
Brechlin, R., Meister, F. & Käch, H. 2014: Vierundzwanzig neue Taxa der Gattung OxytenisHeBNER, 1819 [1816] (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae; Oxyteninae). Entomo-Satsphingia 7(4): 32–57. Reference page.

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.[1] 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.
Species

Oxytenis albilunulata Schaus, 1912
Oxytenis angulata (Cramer, 1775)
Oxytenis aravaca Jordan, 1924
Oxytenis beprea H. Druce, 1886
Oxytenis bicornis Jordan, 1924
Oxytenis epiphaea Jordan, 1924
Oxytenis erosa Jordan, 1924
Oxytenis ferruginea (Walker, 1855)
Oxytenis gigantea (H. Druce, 1890)
Oxytenis leda H. Druce, 1906
Oxytenis mirabilis (Cramer, 1780)
Oxytenis modestia (Cramer, 1780)
Oxytenis naemia H. Druce, 1906
Oxytenis nubila Jordan, 1924
Oxytenis peregrina (Cramer, 1780)
Oxytenis plettina Jordan, 1924
Oxytenis sobrina Jordan, 1924
Oxytenis spadix Jordan, 1924
Oxytenis zerbina (Cramer, 1780)

References

Rougerie, R. & Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists (2009). "Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World". Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.