Acherontia atropos

Summary

Acherontia atropos is a taxon^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Acherontia atropos's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Acherontia atropos is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Atropos is named after Acherontia atropos^[5].
• Acheron is named after Acherontia atropos^[6].
• skull is named after Acherontia atropos^[7].
• Acherontia atropos is classified within Acherontia^[8].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Acherontia atropos is Acherontia atropos^[9].
• Acherontia atropos's Commons category is recorded as Acherontia atropos^[10].
• Acherontia atropos's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Acherontia atropos^[11].
• Acherontia atropos's Commons gallery is recorded as Acherontia atropos^[12].
• Acherontia atropos's main food source is recorded as tomato^[13].
• Acherontia atropos's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[14].
• Acherontia atropos's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[15].
• Acherontia atropos's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• Acherontia atropos's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[17].
• Acherontia atropos's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[18].
• Acherontia atropos's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[19].
• Acherontia atropos's original combination is recorded as Sphinx atropos^[20].
• Acherontia atropos's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. atropos'}^[21].
• Acherontia atropos is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'gwalch-wyfyn y benglog'}^[22].
• Acherontia atropos is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'doodshoofdvlinder'}^[23].
• Acherontia atropos is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Doodshoofdvlinder'}^[24].
• Acherontia atropos is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "greater death's head hawkmoth"}^[25].
• Acherontia atropos is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "African death head's hawkmoth"}^[26].
• Acherontia atropos is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'lišaj smrtihlav'}^[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Acherontia atropos is Acherontia atropos^[9]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Acherontia^[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'gwalch-wyfyn y benglog'}^[22], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'doodshoofdvlinder'}^[23], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "greater death's head hawkmoth"}^[25], {'lang': 'en', 'text': "African death head's hawkmoth"}^[26], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'lišaj smrtihlav'}^[27], and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'sphinx à tête de mort'}^[28].

Discovery and Description

Things named after include Atropos^[5], a Greek deity^[29]; Acheron^[6], a river^[30], in Greece^[31]; and skull^[7], an organism subdivision type^[32].

Identifiers

Acherontia atropos's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 657993^[33]. Acherontia atropos's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 868188^[34]. Acherontia atropos's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1861510^[35]. Acherontia atropos's ITIS TSN is recorded as 1156449^[36].

Why It Matters

Acherontia atropos has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]