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Acherontia lachesis, the greater death's head hawkmoth or bee robber, is a large (up to 13 cm wingspan) [1] ... Larva (2) and pupa (2a) of Acherontia lachesis.
Larva Thornlike horn on the back. The name death's-head hawkmoth refers to any of three moth species of the genus Acherontia (Acherontia atropos, Acherontia styx and Acherontia lachesis). The former species is found throughout Africa and in Europe, the latter two are Asian; most uses of the common name refer to the African species.
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 ...
Acherontia styx, the lesser death's head hawkmoth or bee robber, is a sphingid moth found in Asia, one of the three species of death's-head hawkmoth. It is very fond of honey , and bee keepers have reported finding dead moths in their hives as a result of bee stings.
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.
Larvae burrow into the soil to pupate, where they remain for two to three weeks before they emerge as adults. In some sphingids, the pupa has a free proboscis, rather than being fused to the pupal case as is most common in the macrolepidoptera. [2] They have a cremaster at the tip of the abdomen. [5]
The following is a list of Sphingidae of Nepal.One-hundred and twenty-nine different species are listed. This list is primarily based on Colin Smith's 2010 Lepidoptera of Nepal, [1] which is based on Toshiro Haruta's Moths of Nepal (Vols. 1-6) [2] with some recent additions and a modernized classification.