Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Spitsyna, Elizaveta A., Burchalovskaia, Polina D. & Bolotov, Ivan N., 2022, A review of the Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Zanzibar (Unguja) Island (Tanzania), Ecologica Montenegrina 57, pp. 109-117 : 110

3. Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Material examined: TANZANIA: Zanzibar Island, Kiwengwa Forest , dry monsoon forest, 5°59'S, 39°21'E, 24.iii-12.iv.2021, 3 specimens, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg. ; Zanzibar Island, Kiwengwa Forest , dry monsoon forest, 5°59'46"S, 39°21'30"E, 4.iv.2021, 1 specimen, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg.

Distribution. Widespread throughout Africa, Europe, and Western Asia ( Kitching 2022).

Remarks. First record from Zanzibar Island.

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Figure 2. Examples of Sphinginae and Macroglossinae species from Zanzibar Island (collection of RMBH): (A) Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758); (B) Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856); (C) Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758). Scale bar = 10 mm.