Taxonomy Profile: Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius 1798)

Acherontia lachesis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Sphinx lachesis
Fabricius 1798
Common Name(s):
greater death's head hawkmoth []
bee robber []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Acherontia lachesis: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Holometabola
Order : Lepidoptera
butterflies |
moths |
Borboleta |
Mariposa |
papillons |
papillons de nuit |
Superfamily : Bombycoidea
Family : Sphingidae
hawk moths |
hornworms |
sphinx moths |
Subfamily : Sphinginae
Tribe : Acherontiini
Genus : Acherontia
death's head hawkmoths |
Species : Acherontia lachesis
greater death's head hawkmoth |
bee robber |
Acherontia lachesis Direct Children(s):
Acherontia lachesis: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Kitching, Ian J.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2003-02-09 / 2003-02-09
Article/Chapter Title:
Phylogeny of the death's head hawkmoths, Acherontia [Laspeyres], and related genera (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Sphinginae: Acherontiini)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Systematic Entomology, vol. 28, no. 1
Page(s):
71-88
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1365-3113
Notes:
doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00199.x
Reference for:
Acherontia lachesis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Leong, Tzi Ming, and Vilma D'Rozario
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2011-05-25 / 2011-05-25
Article/Chapter Title:
Final instar caterpillars and metamorphosis of Acherontia lachensis (Fabricius, 1798 (in Singapore) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Sphiginae: Acherontiini)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Nature in Singapore, vol. 4
Page(s):
101-114
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/2010-0515
Notes:
Reference for:
Acherontia lachesis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Rothschild, Walter, and Karl Jordan
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1903-04-01 / 1903-04-01
Article/Chapter Title:
A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Novitiates Zoologicae, vol. 9, Supplement part 2
Page(s):
815-972
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3275651
Reference for:
Acherontia lachesis
Acherontia lachesis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Australia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Hawaii / Introduced
Acherontia lachesis: Comments