Acherontia

Acherontia Laspeyres, 1809

Acherontia Laspeyres, 1809; Jenaische allg. Literatur-Zeit. 4(240): 100; TS: Sphinx atropos Linnaeus
Manduca Hübner, [1806]; Tentamen determinationis digestionis ...: [1]
Atropos Oken, 1815; Lehrbuch Naturgesch. 3 (Zool.) (1): 762
Brachyglossa Boisduval, [1828]; Eur. Lepid. Index Meth.: 33; TS: Sphinx atropos Linnaeus
Atropos Agassiz, 1846; Nomina syst. Gen. Lep.: 9; TS: Sphinx atropos Linnaeus

Acherontia; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Acherontia (Acherontiinae); Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 5
Acherontia (Acherontiini); [HMW], 18; [RFEL]
Atropos; [NHM-BMW] ; [NHM-BMW]
Brachyglossa; [NHM-BMW] ; [NHM-BMW]

Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)

SEU, AF, Iran, Transcaucaus. See [maps] Pääkalloperhonen Tontsuru Sphinx Têtede-mort Totenkopfschwärmer Death's Head Hawk-moth Calavera Pääkallokiitäjä halálfejes lepke Mariposa de la Muerta Cabeza de Muerto Dödskallefjäril Aqueroncia

Sphinx atropos Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 490; TL: Europe
Atropos solani Oken, 1815; Lehrbuch Naturgesch. 3 (Zool.) (1): 762
Acherontia sculda Kirby, 1877; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1877: 242
charon Clos, 1910
confluens Dannehl, 1925
conjuncta Tutt, 1904
extensa Tutt, 1904
flavescens Tutt, 1904
imperfecta Tutt, 1904
intermedia Tutt, 1904
obsoleta Tutt, 1904
suffusa Tutt, 1904
variegata Tutt, 1904
virgata Tutt, 1904
violacea Lambillion, 1905
diluta Closs, 1911
obscurata Closs, 1917
myosotis Schawerda, 1919
moira Dannehl, 1925
pulverata Cockayne, 1953
radiata Cockayne, 1953
griseofasciata Lempke, 1959

Acherontia atropos; [SPRK]; [BSW]; [HMCSA]; [HMW]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [AFM] ; [SVF] ; [Tony Pittaway] ; [Tony Pittaway]

1184x726 (~92Kb) W. Cornwall, UK, ex. larva, Photo © Andrew Torry leg.	400x600 (~85Kb) Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	604x400 (~49Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
599x400 (~89Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch

Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) Hong Kong, Oriental - S.Moluccas

Sphinx lachesis Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 434
atra Huwe, 1895
Spectrum charon Billberg, 1820; (nom. nud.)
circe Moore, [1858]
fuscapex Bryk, 1944
Sphinx (Acherontia) lethe Westwood, 1847; Cabinet Orient. Ent.: 87, pl. 42, f. 2
Acherontia morta Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 140
pallida Dupont, 1941
radiata Niepelt, 1931
Acherontia satanas Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: pl. 16, f. 1
sojejimae Matsumura, 1909
- = ; [HMW]
submarginalis Dupont, 1941

Acherontia lachesis diehli; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Acherontia lachesis; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 17; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 6, pl. 77, f. 1, 1a-b; [MOB3]; [HMW]; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [MOB] ; [AFM] ; [Tony Pittaway]

769x513 (~90Kb) Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko

Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847)

Saudi Arabia, S.Iran, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Hong Kong. See [maps]

Sphinx (Acherontia) styx Westwood, 1847; Cabinet Orient. Ent.: 88; TL: East Indies
ariel Boisduval, [1875]
interrupta Closs, 1911
obsoleta Schmidt, 1914

Acherontia styx styx; [iNaturalist]
Acherontia styx; Moore, 1882, Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 7, pl. 76, f. 1, 1a-b; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, 21; [HMW]; [MOB3]; [Tony Pittaway]; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [AfroMoths] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [GBCL]; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MOB]

A. s. medusa Moore, [1858]

Acherontia medusa Moore, [1858]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: 267
Acherontia medusa Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19): 597
crathis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- = ; [HMW]
pseudatropos Röber, 1933
septentrionalis-chinensis Pavlov, 1932
- = ; [HMW]

Acherontia pseudatropos; [LepIndex]
Acherontia styx medusa; [HMW]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Tony Pittaway]

References:

[AFM]
African Moths
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[Andrew Torry]
e-mail: Andrew Torry
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MOB] Holloway & Barlow
Online version of; Moths of Borneo
[Michael Borsch]
Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Olli Vesikko]
http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[Tony Pittaway] WWW pages
Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Agassiz, 1846
Nomina systematica Generum Lepidopterorum, tam viventium quam fossilium Nomina syst. Gen. Lep. : 1-70
Boisduval, [1828]
Europaeorum Lepidopterorum Index Methodicus Eur. Lepid. Index Meth. : 1-103
Boisduval, 1836
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Premier Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1 : 1-690, pl. 1-24
Butler, 1876
Revision of the heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 9 (19) : 511-644, pl. 90-94
Fabricius, 1798
Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae Ent. Syst. (Suppl.) : 1-572, (index) 1-53
[BSW]; de Freina & Witt, 1987
Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis
[MOB3]; Holloway, 1987
Superfamily Bombycoidea: families Lasiocampidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Brahmaeidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae [1998 reprint] Moths of Borneo 3
Hübner, [1806]
Tentamen determinationis digestionis alque denominationis singlarum stripium Lepidopterorum, peritisad inspiciendum et dijudicandum communicatum, a Jacob Hübner Tentamen determinationis digestionis ...: -
Hübner, [1819]
Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])
Kirby, 1877
Notes on the new or rare Sphingidae in the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society, and Remarks on Mr. Butler's recent revision of the Family Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1877 : 233-244
[HMW]; Kitching & Cadiou, 2000
An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Hawkmoths of the World
[GBCL]; Kitching, Rougerie, Zwick, Hamilton, St Lauren, Naumann, Mejia, Kawahara, 2018
A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Biodiv. Data J. 6: e22236
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Moore, [1858]
A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
Moore, 1882
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 1-72, pl. 72-107 (1882), (2): 73-162, pl. 108-143 ([1883])
Oken, 1815
Okens Lehrbuch der Zoologie Lehrbuch Naturgesch. 3 (Zool.) (1) : 1-850
[HMCSA]; Pinhey, 1962
Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa
[SPRK]; Seppänen, 1970
Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit Animalia Fennica 14
Westwood, 1847
The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology Cabinet Orient. Ent. : 1-88, pl. 1-42

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