Taxonomic revision and compilation on the moths and caterpillars of the genus Samia, of which 19 species are now known to science. The book contains: text for all 19 species with complete synonymy, full descriptions, hostplants, immature stages, all known localities, habitats, flight times, and parasitoids; 148 colour figures depicting adults of all species and caterpillars of several species; black and white photographs of male and female genitalia of all species; distributional maps; exhaustive bibliography of 800 citations, hostplant appendix, phylogeny and a chapter on hybrids.