Antheraea formosana

Description

Antheraea formosana is a butterfly species described by Jinhaku Sonan in 1937. Antheraea formosana is part of the genus Antheraea and the peacock spider family.No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life Antheraea is a moth genus belonging to the family Saturniidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Several species of this genus have caterpillars which produce wild silk of commercial importance. Commonly called "tussar silk", the moths are named tussar moths after the fabric.