Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Order Lepidoptera > Superfamily Bombycoidea > Family Sphingidae > Subfamily Sphinginae > Tribe Acherontiini > Genus Acherontia

Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AcherontiaLaspeyres, 1809accepted genus name
Atropos Agassiz, 1846 generic synonym
Brachyglossa Boisduval, 1928 generic synonym

Species group names

Sphinx atropos Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym
Acherontia sculda Kirby, 1877 subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: flutura me kafkë; flutura me kokëvdekuri; turraqi sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Danish: Dødningehoved sources: danish PESI focal point
 Dutch: Doodshoofdvlinder sources: Dutch Species Register
 English-United States: Death's-head Hawk-moth sources: Charles Hussey
 Norwegian Bokmål: dødninghode
 Norwegian Nynorsk: daudinghovud
 Swedish: dödskallesvärmare
 Ukrainian: Бражник мертва голова sources: Ukraine PESI focal point
 Welsh: gwalch-wyfyn y benglog

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External Links

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Citation

Dr Ian Kitching. Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=443841

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Occurrence

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Importance

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2011-01-26 by & van Nieukerken, Dr Erik J. Karsholt, Dr Ole & by Dr Ian Kitching

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