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    Species Accepted

    Acherontia atropos Linnaeus, 1758

    African death's head hawkmoth
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Acherontia

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      18 results
      African death's head hawkmoth English
      Almindelig dødningehoved Danish
      Death's Head Hawk-Moth English
      Death's-head Hawk-moth English
      Doodshoofdvlinder Dutch
      Dødningehoved Danish
      Dødningehovedsværmer Danish
      Gwalch-Wyfyn y Benglog Welsh
      Gwalch-Wyfynod y Benglog Welsh
      Sphinx Tête-de-Mort (Le) French

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      Lempke, B. J. (1954). Catalogus der Nederlandse Macrolepidoptera, Supplements I–XVI. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28279808
      Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
      Swainson, W., & Shuckard, W. E. (1840). On the history and natural arrangement of insects. https://hymfiles.asc.ohio-state.edu/pdfs-osuc/22314/22314.pdf
      Closs, A. (1917). Neue Formen aus der Familie Sphingidae. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37072878
      Tutt, J. W. (1904). A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39245472
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, .... Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033847
      Closs, A. (1910). Zwei neue Sphingidenformen. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8346280
      Kirby, W. F. (1877). Notes on the new or rare Sphingidae in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, and remarks on Mr. Butler’s recent revision of the family. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32000432
      Schawerda, K. (1919). Neue Formen aus meiner Sammlung. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ZOEV_4_0031-0032.pdf
      Closs, A. (1911). Zwei neue Sphingidenformen in meiner Sammlung. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37070286

      Citation

      Acherontia atropos Linnaeus, 1758 in undefined