, it seems likely they're there for the same reasons thousands of other species have eye spots
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ZeFrank discovers this species and does one of his videos about it.
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OMG. You don't know ZeFrank? I get the feeling you'll love him. Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-s714RNXHY
And while the video above explains how eye spots appear, it doesn't explain the most commonly accepted reason why they appear - self defense. Consider the size of the eye spots on a moth's wings as compared to the size of its actual eyes. The eye spots make it look much bigger than it actually is, so that it's less likely to get eaten.