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Tasar silkworm

Antheraea paphia Linnaeus, 1758

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The tasar silkworm (Antheraea paphia) is a species in the family Saturniidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the tasar silkworm

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tasar silkworm live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tasar silkworm as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Denmark

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the tasar silkworm endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the tasar silkworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familySaturniidae
  6. genusAntheraea
  7. SpeciesAntheraea paphia Linnaeus, 1758
Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Tasar silk mothEnglish
  • Tussar silk mothEnglish
  • Vanya silkmothEnglish
  • ТуссорRussian
  • ᱞᱩᱢᱟᱹᱢSantali
  • ᱯᱟᱹᱴᱱᱟᱹ (female)Santali
  • ᱴᱤᱨᱟᱹ (male)Santali

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tasar silkworm

Other species in the same genus Antheraea.

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Common questions

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Is the tasar silkworm an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tasar silkworm as introduced in 1 country: Denmark, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the tasar silkworm?

The tasar silkworm (Antheraea paphia) belongs to the family Saturniidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tasar silkworm (Antheraea paphia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tasar-silkworm

MLA

“Tasar silkworm (Antheraea paphia).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tasar-silkworm.

BibTeX
@misc{tasar_silkworm_2026,
  title = {Tasar silkworm (Antheraea paphia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tasar-silkworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}