Antheraea hartii

Description

Antheraea hartii is a butterfly species described by Moore in 1892. Antheraea hartii 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.