What is Acherontia lachesis?
{{Italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Acherontia lachesis'' | image = Acherontia lachesis MHNT Female Nîlgîri (Tamil Nadu).jpg | image_caption = ''Acherontia lachesis'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | familia = [[Sphingidae]] | subfamilia = [[Sphinginae]] | genus = '''''[[Acherontia]]''''' | species = '''''A. lachesis''''' | binomial = ''Acherontia lachesis'' | binomial_authority = ([[Fabricius]], 1798) }} '''''Acherontia lachesis''''' is a large (up to 13 cm wingspan) [[Sphingidae|Sphingid]] moth found in [[India]] and much of the Oriental region, one of the three species of '''[[Death's-head Hawkmoth]]''', also known as the ''Bee Robber''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma|last=Blanford, W. T.|last2=Blanford|first2=W. T.|last3=Hampson|first3=George Francis|last4=Medicine|first4=London School of Hygiene and Tropical|date=1892|publisher=Taylor and Francis|volume=Moths - Vol. I|location=London|page=67}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{commons-inline|Acherontia lachesis}}<br> {{wikispecies-inline|Acherontia lachesis}} {{taxonbar|from=Q134724}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Sphinginae]] {{biology-stub}}