Acherontia lachesis

species of moth

Acherontia lachesis is a large (up to 13 cm wingspan) Sphingid moth found in India and much of the Oriental region, one of the three species of Death's-head Hawkmoth, also known as the Bee Robber.[1]

Acherontia lachesis
Acherontia lachesis
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A. lachesis
Binomial name
Acherontia lachesis
(Fabricius, 1798)


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  1. Blanford, W. T.; Blanford, W. T.; Hampson, George Francis; Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical (1892). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths - Vol. I. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 67.

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