Small emperor moth

Saturnia pavonia
Saturniids (Saturniidae)

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Large night butterfly with a large eye on each wing and some vertical lines. The ♂ has grey front wings with pinkish markings and yellow rear wings, the antennae are feathered. The ♀ has grey wings and thread-shaped antennae and is larger than the ♂.

As butterflies, they do not feed and just live a few days. During the day the ♂ is looking for ♀ that produce a scent to facilitate this. The ♀ is active at night.

Young caterpillars are black, becoming bright green with black, pink or yellow markings. 

⇔ wsp. 40-90 mm

syn. EUDIA PAVONIA, PAVONIA PAVONIA

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