Acherontia lachesis Fabricius, 1798
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Fabricius J. C., 1798, Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. vol issue pages 1–572, 1–175
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Sphingidae
- genus
- Acherontia
- species
- Acherontia lachesis
Name
- Synonyms
- Acherontia atra Huwe, 1895
- Acherontia charon Billberg, 1920
- Acherontia circe Moore
- Acherontia fuscapex Bryk, 1944
- Acherontia lethe Westwood, 1847
- Acherontia morta Hübner
- Acherontia pallida Dupont, 1941
- Acherontia radiata Niepelt, 1931
- Acherontia satanas Boisduval, 1836
- Acherontia sojejimae Matsumura, 1909
- Acherontia submarginata Dupont, 1941
- Sphinx lachesis Fabricius, 1798
- Homonyms
- Acherontia lachesis Fabricius, 1798
- Common names
- Greater Death's-head Hawkmoth in English
- Zmora orientalna in Polish
- bee robber in English
- bee robber in English
- greater death's head hawkmoth in English
- greater death's head hawkmoth in English
- Мёртвая голова Лахесы in Russian
- തലയമ്പൻ in Malayalam
- ผีเสื้อหัวกะโหลกใหญ่ in Thai
- クロメンガタスズメ in Japanese
- 人面天蛾 in Chinese
- 鬼臉天蛾 in Chinese
Bibliographic References
- 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.
- Leong, Tzi Ming, and Vilma D'Rozario, 2011: Final instar caterpillars and metamorphosis of Acherontia lachensis (Fabricius, 1798 (in Singapore) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Sphiginae: Acherontiini). Nature in Singapore, vol. 4. 101-114.
- Rothschild, Walter, and Karl Jordan, 1903: A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitiates Zoologicae, vol. 9, Supplement part 2. 815-972.