Acherontia styx Westwood, 1847
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Sphinginae → tribe Acherontiini → genus Acherontia → species Acherontia styx
Species name(s)
Acherontia styx Westwood, 1847 = ariel Boisduval, [1875] = interrupta Closs, 1911 = obsoleta Schmidt, 1914 = Acherontia styx styx. [9]
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:66268
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic, Indo-Malayan.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, the Moluccas Islands, Russia, [134].
- In 2012, the fixed one individual from the Russian Far East. Rather migrants (Dubatolov and Yakovlev 2013). [134].
Subspecies of Acherontia styx
- Acherontia styx medusa Moore, [1858]. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Alex Dumchus, Yusri Syam. Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [134] http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/
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