Acherontia (lepidoptera)
Acherontia est genus lepidopterorum familiae Sphingidarum, quod ab Iacobo Henrico Laspeyres anno 1809 erectum est. Generi sunt tria species: Acherontia atropos, Acherontia styx, Acherontia lachesis, quarum prima in Europa et per Africam invenitur, aliaeque Asianae sunt.

Descriptio
Haec lepidoptera facile distinguuntur calvariforme humano notarum exemplare in thorace. Magna sunt, coloribus fusco, flavo, aurantio tincta, atque omnes species magnitudine, coloribus, circuloque vitae aliquantulum similes sunt. Omnes nocte volare solent.

Pinacotheca

Bibliographia
Kitching, Ian J. 2003. "Phylogeny of the death's head hawkmoths, Acherontia [Laspeyres], and related genera (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Sphinginae: Acherontiini)." Systematic Entomology 28 (1): 71–88.
 Pittaway, A. R. 2018. "Acherontia [Laspeyres], 1809." Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Textus.
 Pittaway, A. R. 2018. "Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847)." Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Textus.
 Pittaway, A. R., et I. J. Kitching. 2018. "Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798)—Greater death's head hawkmoth." Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Textus.

Nexus externi

"12 Facts About Death's Head Hawkmoth."

Acherontiini
Animalia anthropomorphica
Acherontia
Genera animalium
Taxa Laspeyres
Taxa 1809