Acherontia styx Westwood, 1847
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Westwood J. O., 1847, The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology: being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured. vol issue pages 1–88, pls 1–42
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Sphingidae
- genus
- Acherontia
- species
- Acherontia styx
Name
- Synonyms
- Acherontia ariel Boisduval
- Acherontia crathis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Acherontia interrupta Closs, 1911
- Acherontia medusa Moore, 1858
- Acherontia obsoleta Schmidt, 1914
- Acherontia pseudatropos Röber, 1933
- Acherontia septentrionalis-chinensis Pavlov, 1932
- Sphinx styx Westwood, 1847
- Homonyms
- Acherontia styx Westwood, 1847
- Common names
- Death's-head Hawk Moth in English
- lesser death's head hawkmoth in English
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.