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Acherontia lachesis

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Acherontia lachesis, the greater death's head hawkmoth or bee robber, is a large (up to 13 cm wingspan) sphingid moth found in India, Sri Lanka and much of the Oriental region. [1]

49 relations: Acherontia styx, Animal, Arthropod, Bignoniaceae, Clerodendrum quadriloculare, Datura, Death's-head hawkmoth, Eggplant, Erythrina speciosa, Fabaceae, Honey, Honey bee, India, Indonesia, Insect, Japan, Jasmine, Johan Christian Fabricius, Lantana camara, Lepidoptera, Mimicry, Nepal, Nicotiana tabacum, Nocturnality, Odor, Oleaceae, Pakistan, Parasitoid, Philippines, Potato, Russian Far East, Sesame, Solanaceae, Solanum, Solanum torvum, Spathodea, Sphingidae, Sri Lanka, Stachytarpheta indica, Sweet potato, Tachinidae, Teak, The Silence of the Lambs (film), Tithonia diversifolia, Tongue, Verbenaceae, Vitex pinnata, Volkameria inermis, Wax.

Acherontia styx

Acherontia styx, the lesser death's head hawkmoth or bee robber, is a sphingid moth found in Asia, one of the three species of death's-head hawkmoth.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Bignoniaceae

Bignoniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias.

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Clerodendrum quadriloculare

Clerodendrum quadriloculare is a species of flowering plant native to New Guinea and the Philippines.

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Datura

Datura is a genus of nine species of poisonous vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae.

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Death's-head hawkmoth

The name death's-head hawkmoth refers to any one of the three moth species of the genus Acherontia (Acherontia atropos, Acherontia styx and Acherontia lachesis).

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Eggplant

Eggplant (Solanum melongena) or aubergine is a species of nightshade grown for its edible fruit.

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Erythrina speciosa

Erythrina speciosa is a tree native to Brazil, which is often cultivated and has introduced populations in Africa and India.

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Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, Article 18.5 states: "The following names, of long usage, are treated as validly published:....Leguminosae (nom. alt.: Fabaceae; type: Faba Mill.);...

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Honey

Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance produced by bees and some related insects.

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Honey bee

A honey bee (or honeybee) is any member of the genus Apis, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests from wax.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indonesia

Indonesia (or; Indonesian), officially the Republic of Indonesia (Republik Indonesia), is a transcontinental unitary sovereign state located mainly in Southeast Asia, with some territories in Oceania.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Jasmine

Jasmine (taxonomic name Jasminum) is a genus of shrubs and vines in the olive family (Oleaceae).

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Johan Christian Fabricius

Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others.

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Lantana camara

Lantana camara, also known as big-sage (Malaysia), wild-sage, red-sage, white-sage (Caribbean) and tickberry (South Africa), is a species of flowering plant within the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to the American tropics.

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Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).

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Mimicry

In evolutionary biology, mimicry is a similarity of one organism, usually an animal, to another that has evolved because the resemblance is selectively favoured by the behaviour of a shared signal receiver that can respond to both.

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Nepal

Nepal (नेपाल), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल), is a landlocked country in South Asia located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

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Nicotiana tabacum

Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually-grown herbaceous plant.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Odor

An odor, odour or fragrance is always caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds.

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Oleaceae

The Oleaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales.

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Pakistan

Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.

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Parasitoid

A parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host and at the host's expense, and which sooner or later kills it.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Potato

The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum.

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Russian Far East

The Russian Far East (p) comprises the Russian part of the Far East - the extreme eastern territory of Russia, between Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean.

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Sesame

Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum, also called benne.

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Solanaceae

The Solanaceae, or nightshades, are an economically important family of flowering plants.

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Solanum

Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include two food crops of high economic importance, the potato and the tomato.

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Solanum torvum

Solanum torvum is a bushy, erect and spiny perennial plant used horticulturally as a rootstock for eggplant.

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Spathodea

Spathodea is a monotypic genus in the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae.

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Sphingidae

The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths, and hornworms; it includes about 1,450 species.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Stachytarpheta indica

Stachytarpheta indica is a species of plant in the Verbenaceae family, native to the tropical Americas.

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Sweet potato

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

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Tachinidae

The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered.

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Teak

Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical hardwood tree species placed in the flowering plant family Lamiaceae.

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The Silence of the Lambs (film)

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American horror-thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glenn.

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Tithonia diversifolia

Tithonia diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family that is commonly known as the tree marigold, Mexican tournesol, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower or Nitobe chrysanthemum.

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Tongue

The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrates that manipulates food for mastication, and is used in the act of swallowing.

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Verbenaceae

The Verbenaceae are a family, commonly known as the verbena family or vervain family, of mainly tropical flowering plants.

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Vitex pinnata

Vitex pinnata is a tree of the family Lamiaceae, native to south and south east Asia.

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Volkameria inermis

Volkameria inermis (glory bower) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Volkameria of the family Lamiaceae, found in Australia, Asia, Malesia and the Pacific islands.

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Wax

Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are lipophilic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures.

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Acherontia circe, Acherontia lethe, Acherontia morta, Acherontia satanas, Acherontia sojejimae, Greater death's head hawkmoth, Spectrum charon, Sphinx lachesis.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acherontia_lachesis

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