Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Bombycoidea Sphingidae Sphinginae

• Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) SEU, AF, Iran, Transcaucaus. See [maps] Pääkallokiitäjä Pääkalloperhonen Death's Head Hawk-moth Totenkopfschwärmer Sphinx Têtede-mort Calavera Cabeza de Muerto Mariposa de la Muerta Aqueroncia Dödskallefjäril Tontsuru halálfejes lepke

  • Sphinx atropos Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 490; TL: Europe
  • Atropos solani Oken, 1815; Lehrbuch Naturgesch. 3 (Zool.) (1): 762
  • Acherontia sculda Kirby, 1877; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1877: 242
  • charon (Clos, 1910)
  • confluens (Dannehl, 1925)
  • conjuncta (Tutt, 1904)
  • extensa (Tutt, 1904)
  • flavescens (Tutt, 1904)
  • imperfecta (Tutt, 1904)
  • intermedia (Tutt, 1904)
  • obsoleta (Tutt, 1904)
  • suffusa (Tutt, 1904)
  • variegata (Tutt, 1904)
  • virgata (Tutt, 1904)
  • violacea (Lambillion, 1905)
  • diluta (Closs, 1911)
  • obscurata (Closs, 1917)
  • myosotis (Schawerda, 1919)
  • moira (Dannehl, 1925)
  • pulverata (Cockayne, 1953)
  • radiata (Cockayne, 1953)
  • griseofasciata (Lempke, 1959)

  • Acherontia atropos, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Acherontia atropos, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
  • Acherontia atropos, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
  • Acherontia atropos, African Moths [AFM]
  • Acherontia atropos, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
  • Acherontia atropos, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
  • Acherontia atropos, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
  • Acherontia atropos, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]

  • Acherontia atropos; [HMW]

  1184x726 (~92Kb) W. Cornwall, UK, ex. larva, Photo © Andrew Torry leg.	400x600 (~85Kb) Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	604x400 (~49Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
  599x400 (~89Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch

  Larva on Solanum tuberosum, S. dulcamara

  Larva on (Non Finnish) Ligustrum vulgare, Solanaceae ?

  Larva on Solanaceae , Datura , Cannabis , Atropa , Lycium , Philadelphus , Nicotiana , Nerium , Olea [BSW], Schrebera alata, Stachytarpeta indica, Clerodendron , Tecomaria , Tecoma , Withania , Hoslundia , Fraxinus [HMCSA]

• Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) Hong Kong, Oriental - S.Moluccas

  • Sphinx lachesis Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 434
  • atra (Huwe, 1895)
  • Spectrum charon Billberg, 1820; (nom. nud.)
  • circe (Moore, [1858])
  • fuscapex (Bryk, 1944)
  • Sphinx (Acherontia) lethe Westwood, 1847; Cabinet Orient. Ent.: 87, pl. 42, f. 2
  • Acherontia morta Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 140
  • pallida (Dupont, 1941)
  • radiata (Niepelt, 1931)
  • Acherontia satanas Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: pl. 16, f. 1
  • sojejimae (Matsumura, 1909)
    • = ; [HMW]
  • submarginalis (Dupont, 1941)

  • Acherontia lachesis, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
  • Acherontia lachesis, African Moths [AFM]
  • Acherontia lachesis, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]

  • Acherontia lachesis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 17; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 6, pl. 77, f. 1, 1a-b; [HMW]; [RFEL]

  769x513 (~90Kb) Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko

  Larva on Barleria , Sanchezia , Catalpa , Spathodea , Stereospermum , Tecoma , Cannabis , Canna , Helianthus , Ipomoea , Merremia , Luffa , Ehretia , Andidesma , Anisomeles , Colbrookia , Coleus , Pogostemon , Cajanus , Cassia , Centrosema , Clitorea , Dolichos , Erythrina , Glycine , Psophocarpus , Vigna , Melia , Jasminum , Nyctanthes , Sesamum , Paulownia , Cyphomandra , Datura , Lycopersicum , Nicotiana , Solanum , Callicarpa , Clerodendrum , Lantana , Stachytarpheta , Tectona , Vitex , Nicolaia [MOB3], 122

• Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Saudi Arabia, S.Iran, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Hong Kong. See [maps]

  • Sphinx (Acherontia) styx Westwood, 1847; Cabinet Orient. Ent.: 88; TL: East Indies
  • ariel (Boisduval, [1875])
  • interrupta (Closs, 1911)
  • obsoleta (Schmidt, 1914)

  • Acherontia styx, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Acherontia styx, Moths of Borneo [MOB]
  • Acherontia styx styx, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
  • Acherontia styx styx, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]

  • Acherontia styx; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 7, pl. 76, f. 1, 1a-b; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 21; [HMW]; [RFEL]

  Larva on Solanaceae , Lycopersicon , Solanum , Lycium , Withania somnifera [Tony Pittaway]

  Larva on Nerium , Bignonia , Pyrostegia , Spathodea , Tecoma , Porana , Coccinia , Coleus , Dolichos , Erythrina , Glycine , Psophocarpus , Eugenia , Syzygium , Jasminum , Nyctanthes , Sesamum , Gardenia , Capsicum , Datura , Nicotiana , Physaliastrum , Solanum , Citharexylum , Clerodendrum , Tectona , Vitex [MOB3], 123

  • A. s. medusa Moore, [1858]

    • Acherontia medusa Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: 267
    • Acherontia medusa Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19): 597
    • crathis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
      • = Acherontia styx medusa Butler, 1876; [HMW]
    • pseudatropos (Röber, 1933)
    • septentrionalis-chinensis (Pavlov, 1932)
      • = Acherontia styx medusa Butler, 1876; [HMW]

    • Acherontia styx medusa, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]

    • Acherontia styx medusa; [HMW]

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