Eacles

Eacles
Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis), naturally camouflaged to look like leaf litter, shown with a nearly identical yellow poplar leaf
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Subfamily:	Ceratocampinae
Genus:	Eacles Hübner, 1819
Species
See text
Synonyms
Ceracampa Kirby & Spence, 1828 Basilona Boisduval, 1868 Crenudia Burmeister, 1880

Eacles is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. They are native to the Americas. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Eacles acuta Schaus, 1905
• Eacles adoxa Jordan, 1910
• Eacles barnesi Schaus, 1905
• Eacles bertrandi Lemaire, 1981
• Eacles callopteris W. Rothschild, 1907
• Eacles camposportoi Mendes, 1937
• Eacles canaima Feige, 1971
• Eacles cuscoensis Brechlin & Meister, 2009
• Eacles ducalis Walker, 1855
• Eacles fairchildi May & Oiticica, 1941
• Eacles guianensis Schaus, 1905
• Eacles imperialis (Drury, 1773)
• Eacles kaechi (Brechlin & Meister, 2011)
• Eacles lauroi Oiticica, 1938
• Eacles lemairei Rego Barros & Tangerini, 1973
• Eacles magnifica Walker, 1855
• Eacles manuelita Oiticica, 1941
• Eacles masoni Schaus, 1896
• Eacles mayi Schaus, 1920
• Eacles ormondei Schaus, 1889
• Eacles oslari Rothschild, 1907
• Eacles paraadoxa Brechlin & Meister, 2009
• Eacles penelope (Cramer, 1775)
• Eacles silkae (Brechlin & Meister, 2011)

Gallery

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  E. adoxa male
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  E. barnesi male
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  E. imperialis male
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  E. imperialis cacicus female
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  E. masoni male
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  E. masoni female
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  E. ormondei male
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  E. oslari male
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  E. oslari female
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  E. penelope male
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  E. penelope female