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Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) – Lesser Death's Head Hawkmoth
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Acherontia styx – Lesser Death's Head Hawkmoth
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) – Lesser Death's Head Hawkmoth: Anisomeles indica, Tectona grandis, Clerodendrum indicum, Clerodendrum phlomidis, Vitex negundo, Vitex megapotamica (Lamiaceae), Lablab purpureus, Vigna unguiculata (Fabaceae),Jasminum arborescens, Ligustrum lucidum (Oleaceae), Millingtonia hortensis, Spathodea campanulata, Stereospermum tetragonum, Tecoma stans (Bignoniaceae),Solanum melongena (Solanaceae), Citharexylum spinosum (Verbenaceae), Syzygium cumini (Myrtaceae), Sesamum indicum (Pedaliaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Similiar species:
List of Acherontia [Laspeyres], 1809 known from India.
Acherontia Lachesis (Fabricius, 1798), Throughout India (Subhalakshmi et al., 2020).
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847), Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andaman (Subhalakshmi et al., 2011).
Acherontia Lachesis (Fabricius, 1798), Throughout India (Subhalakshmi et al., 2020).
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847), Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andaman (Subhalakshmi et al., 2011).
References:
- Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. Website accessed July 2015
- Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic (including Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.). Website accessed July 2015.
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Joshi, A. & Sankararaman, H. 2022. Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) – Lesser Death's Head Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/35717/Acherontia-styx
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