Acherontia styx

species of moth
Taxon taxon Q134738
Acherontia styx
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Acherontia styx

Summary

Acherontia styx is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month, #1,538 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Acherontia styx's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Acherontia styx is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Acherontia styx is classified within Acherontia[5].
  • Acherontia styx's scientific name is Acherontia styx[6].
  • Acherontia styx's Commons category is recorded as Acherontia styx[7].
  • Acherontia styx's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Acherontia styx[8].
  • Acherontia styx's Commons gallery is recorded as Acherontia styx[9].
  • Acherontia styx's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. styx'}[10].
  • Acherontia styx is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Death’s-head hawkmoth'}[11].
  • Acherontia styx is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '後黃人面天蛾'}[12].
  • Acherontia styx is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '芝麻鬼臉天蛾'}[13].
  • Acherontia styx is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '裏黃鬼臉天蛾'}[14].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Clerodendrum indicum[15].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Clerodendrum chinense[16].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Licuala grandis[17].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Coccinia[18].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as jasmine[19].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Nyctanthes[20].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Solanum[21].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Citharexylum subserratum[22].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Ligustrum lucidum[23].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Millingtonia hortensis[24].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Spathodea campanulata[25].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Stereospermum personatum[26].
  • Acherontia styx's has host is recorded as Tecoma stans[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Acherontia styx is Acherontia styx[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Acherontia[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Death’s-head hawkmoth'}[11], {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '後黃人面天蛾'}[12], {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '芝麻鬼臉天蛾'}[13], and {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '裏黃鬼臉天蛾'}[14].

Identifiers

Acherontia styx's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 82830[28]. Acherontia styx's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 469309[29]. Acherontia styx's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 645299[30]. Acherontia styx's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1861494[31]. Acherontia styx's ITIS TSN is recorded as 1156451[32].

Why It Matters

Acherontia styx ranks in the top 0.79% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month, #1,538 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [11] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
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  17. [15] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Acherontia styx
    Has host Clerodendrum indicum, Clerodendrum chinense, Licuala grandis +31
    Parent taxon Acherontia
    Taxon rank species
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