Acherontia lachesis  (Fabricius, 1798)
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Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Family: ​Sphingidae
Subfamily: ​Sphinginae
​Tribe: Acherontiini
Genus: Acherontia
Species: lachesis​

  • Common names: Greater death's head hawkmoth
  • Distribution: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and China to southern Japan, then southeast through Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia to Papua New Guinea
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum, Chiang Mai
  • Additional notes: A common species in Chaiyaphum during the winter months, attracted to blacklight.
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Image locations
Images of Acherontia lachesis from Thailand.
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Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) Death's head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) Death's head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) Death's head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) Death's head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) Death's head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) Death's head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) Death's head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) Death's head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia lachesis caterpillar, Chiang Mai
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Acherontia lachesis caterpillar, Chiang Mai
References: ​
Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic