Acherontia styx

Acherontia styx
Acherontia styx, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sphingidae
Subfamily:
Sphinginae
Genus:
Acherontia
Species:
A. styx
Binomial name
Acherontia styx
(Westwood, 1847)

Acherontia styx is a Sphingid moth found in Asia,[1] one of the three species of Death's-head Hawkmoth, also known as the Bee Robber.

  • Dorsal side
    Dorsal side
  • △ Ventral side
    △ Ventral side
  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar

An Acherontia styx pupa found in the soft palate of a murder victim is a vital clue in the thriller novel The Silence of the Lambs; in The Silence of the Lambs movie version, however, while the script still refers to styx, the species used is Acherontia atropos.

Other websites

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Data related to Acherontia styx at Wikispecies

References

  1. ↑ Pittaway, A. R. & Kitching, I. J. "Acherontia styx styx (Westwood, 1847) -- Eastern Death's Head hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.