Acherontia lachesis

Acherontia lachesis - Female

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Infraordo: Heteroneura Divisio: Eulepidoptera Sectio: Ditrysia Subsectio: Apoditrysia Clade: Obtectomera Clade: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Sphinginae
Tribus: Acherontiini
Genus: Acherontia
Species: Acherontia lachesis

Name

Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798)

Synonyms

• Sphinx lachesis Fabricius, 1798 (original combination))

Vernacular names

English: Greater Death's-head Hawkmoth, Bee Robber

References

• Hogenes, W. & Treadaway, C.G., 1998: The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Supplement 17: 17–132.