Antheraea Hübner, 1919

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Genus Antheraea Hübner, 1919

Remarks.

The genus is one of the most diverse within the family, comprising more than 100 species, most of which occur in tropics of East Asia and South America ( Kitching et al. 2018). Several species, e. g., A. pernyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1855) and A. yamamai Guérin-Meneville, 1861 were introduced into Europe for silk production purposes ( Pinya et al. 2013; Flajšman et al. 2019).