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The death's-head moth, Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758), originally described in the genus Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758, is a large moth belonging to the family Sphingidae, well known for a dorsal pattern on the thorax that resembles a skull: a light area with two black dots that look like eye sockets and a pattern a little lower that vaguely resembles a mouth.
