Astrophanes adonis
Astrophanes adonis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae. It was described by the entomologist Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1886.[1]
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[2]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Astrophanes
- Species: Astrophanes adonis
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Astrophanes adonis exhibits characteristic features of the family Bombyliidae.[2] The species displays a robust, hairy body typical of many bee flies. The wings are often held in a characteristic position, and the body coloration includes patterns that may provide camouflage or mimicry. Due to the resolution of the available imagery, finer morphological details such as specific venation patterns or antennal structure are not clearly resolved.
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References
- ↑ Astrophanes adonis Osten Sacken, 1886. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1670965. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Astrophanes / adonis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.