Acherontia atropos

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Acherontia atropos
Acherontia atropos
Acherontia atropos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subfamily: Sphinginae
Genus: Acherontia
Species: A. atropos
Binomial name
Acherontia atropos
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Acherontia atropos is the most widely-known of the three species of Death's-head Hawkmoth. It is found from the Middle East and the Mediterranean region, and as far north as southern Great Britain.

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