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Death's Head Hawkmoth

Acherontia atropos

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Arthropoda ›Class: Insecta ›Order: Lepidoptera ›Family: Sphingidae ›Genus: Acherontia

About

Acherontia atropos (African death's head hawkmoth) is the most widely known of the three species of death's-head hawkmoth. Acherontia species are notorious for a vaguely skull-shaped pattern on the thorax.