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Acherontia styx
Minibeast photographs and field observations.
Species notes
About Acherontia styx
Acherontia styx (also recorded as Death's-head Hawk Moth) is an accepted species in the family Sphingidae, within the order Lepidoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) and Southern Asia. Butterflies and moths pass through egg, larval, pupal and adult stages, and adults are characterised by wings covered in microscopic scales.
- Common name
- Death's-head Hawk Moth
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), Southern Asia
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy