Arthropods
🦋Acherontia atropos
Acherontia atropos Linnaeus, 1758
A halálfejes lepke (Acherontia atropos) a rovarok (Insecta) osztályának lepkék (Lepidoptera) rendjébe, ezen belül a szenderfélék (Sphingidae) családjába tartozó faj.
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Also called
African death head's hawkmoth, deaths head hawkmoth, greater death's head hawkmoth
Conservation status
Not evaluated
The IUCN Red List has not assessed Acherontia atropos yet.
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- Maximum lifespan
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderLepidoptera
- ›familySphingidae
- ›genusAcherontia
- ›speciesAcherontia atropos
Full lineage
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
- tribeAcherontiini
- genusAcherontia
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- superorderAmphiesmenoptera
- orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
- suborderGlossata
- superfamilyBombycoidea
- familySphingidae
- subfamilySphinginae
- tribeAcherontiini
- genusAcherontia
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In other languages
dødninghode (nb), Totenkopfschwärmer (de), lišaj smrtihlav (cs), pääkallokiitäjä (fi), Sphinx tête de mort (fr), doodshoofdvlinder (nl) … and 20 more languages
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