Acherontia (lepidoptera)

Acherontia lachesis (dorsum)

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Animalia — Arthropoda

Classis : Insecta 
Ordo : Lepidoptera 
Subordo : Glossata 
Infraordo : Heteroneura 
Macrolepidoptera 
Superfamilia : Bombycoidea 
Familia : Sphingidae 
Subfamilia : Sphinginae 
Tribus : Acherontiini 
Genus : Acherontia 
Laspeyres, 1809

   

Subdivisiones: Species

A. atropos

A. styx

A. lachesis

Larva.

Cornu spinae simile in dorso.

Acherontia est genus lepidopterorum familiae Sphingidarum, quod ab Iacobo Henrico Laspeyres anno 1809 erectum est. Generi sunt tria species: Acherontia atropos, Acherontia styx, Acherontia lachesis, quarum prima in Europa et per Africam invenitur, aliaeque Asianae sunt.

Descriptio

Haec lepidoptera facile distinguuntur calvariforme humano notarum exemplare in thorace. Magna sunt, coloribus fusco, flavo, aurantio tincta, atque omnes species magnitudine, coloribus, circuloque vitae aliquantulum similes sunt. Omnes nocte volare solent.

Pinacotheca

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  Acherontia atropos
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  Acherontia lachesis
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  Acherontia styx
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  Acherontia styx
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  Larva Acherontiae atropos

Bibliographia

• Kitching, Ian J. 2003. "Phylogeny of the death's head hawkmoths, Acherontia [Laspeyres], and related genera (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Sphinginae: Acherontiini)." Systematic Entomology 28 (1): 71–88.
• Pittaway, A. R. 2018. "Acherontia [Laspeyres], 1809." Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Textus.
• Pittaway, A. R. 2018. "Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847)." Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Textus.
• Pittaway, A. R., et I. J. Kitching. 2018. "Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798)—Greater death's head hawkmoth." Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Textus.

Nexus externi

• "12 Facts About Death's Head Hawkmoth."