Acherontia styx styx  (Westwood, 1847)
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Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Bombycoidea
Family: ​Sphingidae
Subfamily: ​Sphinginae
​Tribe: Acherontiini
Genus: Acherontia
Species: styx
Subspecies: styx

  • Common names: Eastern Death's Head hawkmoth
  • Distribution: North-central and western China westward across Northern Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan  and Iran to Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
  • Image locations: Chaiyaphum, Chiang Mai.
  • Additional notes: Attracted to blacklight
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Image locations
Images of Acherontia styx styx from Thailand.
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Acherontia styx styx (Westwood, 1847) Death's Head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia styx styx (Westwood, 1847) Death's Head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia styx styx (Westwood, 1847) Death's Head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia styx styx (Westwood, 1847) Death's Head Hawk Moth Chaiyaphum
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Acherontia styx styx (Westwood, 1847) Chiang Mai, July
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Acherontia styx styx (Westwood, 1847) Chiang Mai, July
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Acherontia styx styx (Westwood, 1847) Chiang Mai, July
References: ​
Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic
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