Acherontia atropos

species of moth
Taxon taxon Q41524
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Summary

Acherontia atropos is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,931 views/month, #1,427 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Named after: Atropos[4], Acheron[5], skull[6]
  • Parent taxon: Acherontia[7]
  • Taxon name: Acherontia atropos[8]
  • Commons category: Acherontia atropos[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Acherontia atropos[10]
  • Commons gallery: Acherontia atropos[11]
  • Main food source: tomato[12]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Otto's encyclopedia[16], The Encyclopedia Americana[17]
  • Original combination: Sphinx atropos[18]
  • Short name: A. atropos[19]
  • Taxon common name: gwalch-wyfyn y benglog[20], doodshoofdvlinder[21], greater death's head hawkmoth[22], African death head's hawkmoth[23], lišaj smrtihlav[24], sphinx à tête de mort[25], deaths head hawkmoth[26], Totenkopfschwärmer[27], pääkallokiitäjä[28], tontsuru[29], dødninghode[30], escapita la calavera[31], zmierzchnica trupia główka[32]
  • Has host: potato[33], Solanum[34], Clerodendrum[35], Duranta[36], Duranta erecta[37], Gossypium[38], jasmine[39], Ligustrum vulgare[40], Bignonia[41], Jasminum sambac[42], Lantana camara[43], Ligustrum[44], Nicotiana[45], Podranea brycei[46]

Body

Identifiers

Acherontia atropos's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 657993[47]. Acherontia atropos's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 868188[48]. Acherontia atropos's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1861510[49]. Acherontia atropos's ITIS TSN is recorded as 1156449[50].

Why It Matters

Acherontia atropos has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . nmnhs.com. nmnhs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . nmnhs.com. nmnhs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [47] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [50] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [48] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [49] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Global Biotic Interactions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Vlinderstichting vlinders. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . Motyle i ćmy. wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [41] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [42] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [43] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [44] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [45] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [46] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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