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  • "That's Acherontia atropos and Papilio codrus medon, " interrupted Madame Goody.

    Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971

  • For Acri, as Forbiger has shown, is the old Acherontia; the river Acheron, the Mocone or Mucone of to-day, flows at its foot, and from one point of the town I had a fine view into its raging torrent.

    Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

  • From the poor bishopric of Acherontia he had been promoted to the archbishopric of Bari, and had presided over the papal chancery in Avignon.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • Acherontia, perched nest-like among the rocks, the Bantine thickets, the fat meadows of low-lying

    Horace Theodore Martin 1862

  • Congratulations on your sighting of a Death's Head Hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, the moth that was featured in the book and movie Silence of the Lambs.

    What's That Bug? 2009

  • The insect, Acherontia atropos, is named after one of the three Greek goddesses of fate,

    unknown title 2008

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