Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)

Death's Head Hawkmoth.

SYNONYMS
Sphinx atropos, Acherontia sculda,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 2
atropos, lachesis,

DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, DRCongo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Libya, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Brugmansia suaveolens, Solanum jacquini, Solanum Jasminoides, Solanum macrocarpon, Tabebuia pallida, Clerodendrum ugandense, Mormordica charantia, Vitex, Jasminum pubigerum, Spathodea, Duranta erecta, Lantana camara,