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Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Linnaeus C. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, .... Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. — 1758
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Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Arthropoda
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class
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Insecta
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order
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Lepidoptera
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family
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Sphingidae
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genus
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Acherontia
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species
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Acherontia atropos
Name
- Synonyms
- Acherontia sculda Kirby, 1877
- Brachyglossa atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Sphinx atropos Linnaeus, 1758
- Homonyms
- Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- African death's head hawkmoth in English
- Almindelig dødningehoved in Danish
- Death's Head Hawkmoth in English
- Death's-head Hawk Moth in English
- Doodshoofdvlinder in Dutch
- Dødningehoved in Danish
- Dødningehovedsværmer in Danish
- Le Sphinx Tête-de-Mort in French
- Totenkopfschwärmer in German
- Totenkopfschwärmer in German
- Totenkopfschwärmer in German
- death's head hawkmoth in English
- deaths head hawkmoth in English
- doodshoofdvlinder in Dutch
- sphinx à tête de mort in French
- sphinx à tête de mort in French
- Death's-head Hawk-moth in English
- Doodshoofdvlinder in Dutch
- dödskallesvärmare in Swedish
- Death's Head Hawk-Moth in English
- Gwalch-Wyfyn y Benglog in Welsh
- Gwalch-Wyfynod y Benglog in Welsh
- dödskallefjäril in Swedish
Bibliographic References
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Hydén, Jilg & Östman (2016-01-06 23:00:00) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Fjärilar: Ädelspinnare–tofsspinnare. Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae-Lymantriidae.
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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.
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Rothschild, Walter, and Karl Jordan, 1903: A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitiates Zoologicae, vol. 9, Supplement part 2. 815-972.