Acherontia styx
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| Acherontia styx | |
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| Acherontia styx, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphinginae |
| Genus: | Acherontia |
| Species: | A. styx |
| Binomial name | |
| Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) |
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Acherontia styx is a Sphingid moth found in Asia, one of the three species of Death's-head Hawkmoth, also known as the Bee Robber.
Popular culture [change]
An Acherontia styx pupa found in the soft palate of a murder victim is a vital clue in the thriller novel The Silence of the Lambs; in the movie version, however, while the script still refers to styx, the species used is Acherontia atropos.
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