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Acherontia (lepidoptera)
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Acherontia est genus lepidopterorum familiae Sphingidarum, quod ab Iacobo Henrico Laspeyres anno 1809 erectum est. Generi sunt tria species: Acherontia atropos, Acherontia styx, Acherontia lachesis, quarum prima in Europa et per Africam invenitur, aliaeque Asianae sunt.
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Acherontia lachesis (dorsum)
Classis : Insecta
Ordo : Lepidoptera
Subordo : Glossata
Infraordo : Heteroneura
Macrolepidoptera
Superfamilia : Bombycoidea
Familia : Sphingidae
Subfamilia : Sphinginae
Tribus : Acherontiini
Genus : Acherontia
Laspeyres, 1809
Ordo : Lepidoptera
Subordo : Glossata
Infraordo : Heteroneura
Macrolepidoptera
Superfamilia : Bombycoidea
Familia : Sphingidae
Subfamilia : Sphinginae
Tribus : Acherontiini
Genus : Acherontia
Laspeyres, 1809
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