Acherontia lachesis

Acherontia lachesis ♀

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Sphinginae
Tribus: Sphingini
Subtribus: Acherontiina
Genus: Acherontia
Species: Acherontia lachesis
Subspecies: A. l. diehli – A. l. lachesis

Name

Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798)

Type locality: India orientali.

Holotype: ZMUC. male ♂.

Synonyms

• Sphinx lachesis Fabricius, 1798 (original combination))

References

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

Vernacular names

English: Greater Death's-head Hawkmoth