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Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847)

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Higher taxa: Sphingidae (family)/  Sphinginae (subfamily)/  Sphingini (tribe)/  Acherontiina (subtribe)/  Acherontia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Westwood, 1847)
Citation:Sphinx (Acherontia) styx. Westw.
Original genus:Sphinx
Publication:Westwood J. O. 1847. The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology: being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adjacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured.
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Pagination:88; pl. 42, fig. 3
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24608125
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Holotype NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. East Indies, leg. Hearsey.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Clerodendrum inerme Verbenaceae Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 270
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Cucurbita sp. Cucurbitaceae Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 52
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Duranta sp. Verbenaceae Saudi Arabia Walker D. H. & Pittaway A. R. 1987. Insects of Eastern Arabia. page 48
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Jasminum sp. Oleaceae Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 270
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Lantana camara Verbenaceae Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 270
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Lycium sp. Solanaceae Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 52
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Lycopersicon esculentum Solanaceae Oman Walker D. H. & Pittaway A. R. 1987. Insects of Eastern Arabia. page 48
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Solanum tuberosum Solanaceae Oman Walker D. H. & Pittaway A. R. 1987. Insects of Eastern Arabia. page 48
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Spathodea sp. Bignoniaceae Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 270
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Tecoma stans Bignoniaceae Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 270
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Vitex agnus-castus Lamiaceae Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1986. Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia: fam. Cossidae, Sesiidae, Metarbelidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae (Heterocera); fam. Satyridae (Rhopalocera) (part 5). page 270
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847) Withania somnifera Solanaceae Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page 189
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Acherontia ariel Boisduval, 1875 Boisduval, 1875 species Misapplied Acherontia ariel
Acherontia interrupta Closs, 1911 Closs, 1911 species Misapplied Acherontia interrupta
Acherontia obsoleta Schmidt, 1914 Schmidt, 1914 species Misapplied Acherontia obsoleta