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Acherontia lachesis, the greater death's head hawkmoth or bee robber, is a large (up to 13 cm wingspan) [1] sphingid moth found in India, Sri Lanka and much of the East Asian region. It is one of the three species of death's-head hawkmoth genus, Acherontia .
The African death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) is the largest moth in the British Isles (though not in Africa), with a wingspan of 12 cm (5 in); it is a powerful flier, having sometimes been found on ships far from land. The forewings are a mottled dark brown and pale brown, and the hind wings are orangey-buff with two narrow dark bands ...
Acherontia atropos, the African death's-head hawkmoth, is the most widely recognized of three species within the genus Acherontia (the other two being Acherontia lachesis and Acherontia styx). It is most commonly identified by the vaguely skull-shaped pattern adorning the thorax , the characteristic from which its common and scientific names ...
The Sphinginae are a subfamily of the hawkmoths (Sphingidae), moths of the order Lepidoptera.The subfamily was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Notable taxa include the pink-spotted hawkmoth (Agrius cingulata), being a very common and recognizable species, the death's-head hawkmoths (Acherontia species) of Silence of the Lambs fame, and Xanthopan morganii with its enormous ...
This is a species list for the family Sphingidae of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk-moths.This list contains all known species of Sphingidae in order of subfamily.
Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) Acosmeryx naga (Moore, [1858]) Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) Ampelophaga rubiginosa Bremer & Grey, 1853; Callambulyx tatarinovii (Bremer & Grey, 1853) Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, [1771]) Choerocampa askoldensis (Oberthür, 1879) Choerocampa porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
クロメンガタスズメ — Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) メンガタスズメ — Acherontia styx medusa Moore, [1858] エゾシモフリスズメ — Meganoton analis scribae (Austaut, 1911) シモフリスズメ — Psilogramma incretum (Walker, 1865) クロスズメ — Sphinx caliginea caliginea (Butler, 1877)
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