| Sphingidae Sphinginae Acherontiini |
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| Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
 Death's-head Hawk-moth
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Genus: Acherontia [Laspeyres], 1809 Original genus: Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758
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Synonims (genus): Atropos Agassiz, 1846 Brachyglossa Boisduval, 1828 |
Synonims (species): sculda Kirby, 1877 |
<br><br>Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, August 15, 2008<br>(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)?images/Sphingidae/AcAtA002HR.jpg "A. atropos (© Paolo Mazzei)") |
Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, August 15, 2008 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
<br><br>Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, August 2, 2007<br>(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)?images/Sphingidae/AcAtA001HR.jpg "A. atropos (© Paolo Mazzei)") |
Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, August 2, 2007 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult, Ostia (Roma), Italy, September 1995 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult, Ostia (Roma), Italy, September 1995 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult, May 12, 2004 (Photo by Daniel Morel) |
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Larva (green form), Ostia (Roma), Italy, September 1995 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva, Cesano (Roma), Italy, November 5, 2006 (Photo by Alberto Molinas) |
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Larva, Cesano (Roma), Italy, November 5, 2006 (Photo by Alberto Molinas) |
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Larva (yellow form), Ostia (Roma), Italy, September 1995 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva (yellow form), Ostia (Roma), Italy, September 1994 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva (brown form), Cactus Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, March 29, 2004 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva (brown form), Ostia (Roma), Italy, September 1995 (Photo by Diego Reggianti) |
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Larva (brown form), Punta Umbría, Huelva, Spain, November 2006 (Photo by Yeray Monasterio, ZERYNTHIA -- Asociación Española para la Protección de las Mariposas y su Medio) |
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Larva, Formentera, Balearic Islands, November 14, 2004 (Photo by Barbara Klahr, Formentera-Forum) |
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Larva, October 11, 2006 (Photo by Georges Verhulst) |
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Larva (third instar), Ostia (Roma), Italy, September 1995 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva (third instar), Ostia (Roma), Italy, September 1994 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Pupa, Ostia (Roma), Italy, September 1995 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Egg, Ostia (Roma), Italy, September 1995 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
Foodplants:
Solanum tuberosum, S. dulcamara, Ligustrum, Datura, Cannabis, Atropa, Lycium, Philadelphus, Nicotiana, Nerium, Olea, Schrebera alata, Stachytarpeta indica, Clerodendron, Tecomaria, Tecoma, Withania, Hoslundia, Fraxinus
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