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UASM386333 - Antheraea paphia

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Place CollectedIndia

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Place CollectedIndia

Accession Number UASM386333 Scientific Name Antheraea paphia View Species Details » Common Name Tasar silk dupatta (shawl) Collection Method Purchased Place Collected India Preparation Type dry in plastic bag Additional Notes

A dupatta (shawl) made of tasar silk (Antheraea paphia). Label reads: "A dupatta of tasar silk (Antheraea paphia = A. mylitta) handwoven in India. The main field contains handspun tasar silk in its natural color. Purchased in September 2016 by Richard S. Peigler from an internet seller in New Dehli. Price paid: US$33.00". On the back of label, handwritten is "The turquoise portions are mulberry silk (Bombyx mori)." Bombyx mori is underlined.

Credit Line Richard Peigler Silk Collection

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"UASM386333 - Antheraea paphia, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/9-587607. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.

Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Hexapoda Subclass Insecta Order Lepidoptera Suborder Ditrysia Superfamily Bombycoidea Family Saturniidae Genus Antheraea Species Antheraea paphia

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Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Arthropoda
  - Subphylum Chelicerata
    - Class Arachnida
  - Class Hexapoda
    - Subclass Insecta

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This hierarchy is created from our museum records, it may not always accurately reflect modern taxonomies.

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