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Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847)

Permalink:	ACHESTYX
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

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Acherontia styx (1)

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847)	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK.		East Indies, leg. Hearsey.

Distribution note:

Oriental: East Indies; Palaearctic: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847)	Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... page 158
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847)	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
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847)	United Arab Emirates		Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 6
Acherontia styx (Westwood, 1847)	Yemen		Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 268

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