Samia canningii (Hutton, 1860) - Wild Eri Silk Moth

Taxonomic Information

Samia Hübner, [1819] species known from India. 
Samia canningii (Hutton, 1860). India: Himalayas, NE India; Nepal; Bhutan.
Samia fulva Jordan, 1911. India: Andaman Is. 
Samia kohlli Naumann & Peigler, 2001. India: Arunachal Pradesh. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh13132
Assam2
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh131
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur1
Meghalaya11
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha1
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim1
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal21
Total3538511
  1. Allen, M. 1993. Marvelous Moths of Nepal pl 37, pg 55
  2. Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo, pl 26/9.
  3. Peigler, R.S. and Naumann, S., 2003. A revision of the silkmoth genus Samia (pp. 227+-154).
  4. Pittaway, A.R. Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/silk/s_cyn.htm for Samia cynthia [accessed 18 May 2016]
  5. Ratnasingham, S. & Hebert, P. D. N. 2007. BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (website). http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=476108 for Samia kohlii http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=109528 for Samia canningii. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Samia canningii (Hutton, 1860) – Wild Eri Silk Moth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.92. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/samia-canningii, accessed 2025/07/08.