Acherontia atropos Linnaeus, 1758
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 10th ed., Vol. 1, 824 pp. [in Latin] Available at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Sphingidae
- genus
- Acherontia
- species
- Acherontia atropos
Name
- Synonyms
- Acherontia charon Closs, 1910
- Acherontia confluens Dannehl, 1925
- Acherontia conjuncta Tutt, 1904
- Acherontia diluta Closs, 1911
- Acherontia extensa Tutt, 1904
- Acherontia flavescens Tutt, 1904
- Acherontia griseofasciata Lempke, 1959
- Acherontia imperfecta Tutt, 1904
- Acherontia intermedia Tutt, 1904
- Acherontia moira Dannehl, 1925
- Acherontia myosotis Schawerda, 1919
- Acherontia obscurata Closs, 1917
- Acherontia obsoleta Tutt, 1904
- Acherontia pulverata Cockayne, 1953
- Acherontia radiata Cockayne, 1953
- Acherontia sculda Kirby, 1877
- Acherontia solani Oken, 1815
- Acherontia suffusa Tutt, 1904
- Acherontia variegata Tutt, 1904
- Acherontia violacea Lambillion, 1905
- Homonyms
- Acherontia atropos Linnaeus, 1758
- Common names
- African death's head hawkmoth in Anglais
- Almindelig dødningehoved in Danois
- Death's Head Hawkmoth in Anglais
- Death's-head Hawk Moth in Anglais
- Death's-head Hawk-moth in Anglais
- Doodshoofdvlinder in Néerlandais
- Dødningehoved in Danois
- Dødningehovedsværmer in Danois
- Le Sphinx Tête-de-Mort in Français
- Sphinx Tête-de-Mort (Le) in Français
- Totenkopfschwärmer in Allemand
- Totenkopfschwärmer in Allemand
- Totenkopfschwärmer in Allemand
- death's head hawkmoth in Anglais
- deaths head hawkmoth in Anglais
- doodshoofdvlinder in Néerlandais
- pääkallokiitäjä in Finnois
- sphinx à tête de mort in Français
- sphinx à tête de mort in Français
- Бражник мертва голова in Ukrainien
- Бражник мертва голова in Ukrainien
- Death's-head Hawk-moth in Anglais
- Doodshoofdvlinder in Néerlandais
- daudinghovud in Norvégien nynorsk
- dödskallesvärmare in Suédois
- dødninghode in Norvégien Bokmål
- Death's Head Hawk-Moth in Anglais
- Gwalch-Wyfyn y Benglog in Gallois
- Gwalch-Wyfynod y Benglog in Gallois
- dödskallefjäril in Suédois
Bibliographic References
- Hydén, Jilg & Östman (2016-01-06 23:00:00) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Fjärilar: Ädelspinnare–tofsspinnare. Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae–Lymantriidae.
- Kitching, Ian J., 2003: Phylogeny of the death's head hawkmoths, Acherontia [Laspeyres], and related genera (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Sphinginae: Acherontiini). Systematic Entomology, vol. 28, no. 1. 71-88.
- Rothschild, Walter, and Karl Jordan, 1903: A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitiates Zoologicae, vol. 9, Supplement part 2. 815-972.