Biology:Sphinx (genus)

Short description: Genus of moths

Sphinx
Sphinx ligustri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Sphingini
Genus:	Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Spectrum Scopoli, 1777 Mesosphinx Cockerell, 1920 Lethia Hübner, 1819 Hyloicus Hübner, 1819 Hyloecus Kuznetsova, 1906 Hyloecus Agassiz, 1846 Herse Oken, 1815 Herse Agassiz, 1846 Gargantua Kirby, 1892

Sphinx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Species

• Sphinx adumbrata (Dyar, 1912)
• Sphinx asellus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sphinx caligineus (Butler, 1877)
• Sphinx canadensis (Boisduval, 1875)
• Sphinx centrosinaria Kitching & Jin, 1998
• Sphinx chersis (Hubner, 1823)
• Sphinx chisoya (Schaus, 1932)
• Sphinx constricta Butler, 1885
• Sphinx crassistriga (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sphinx dollii Neumoegen, 1881
• Sphinx drupiferarum JE Smith, 1797
• Sphinx formosana Riotte, 1970
• Sphinx franckii Neumoegen, 1893
• Sphinx gordius Cramer, 1779
• Sphinx kalmiae JE Smith, 1797
• Sphinx leucophaeata Clemens, 1859
• Sphinx libocedrus Edwards, 1881
• Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus, 1758
• Sphinx luscitiosa Clemens, 1859
• Sphinx maurorum (Jordan, 1931)
• Sphinx morio (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sphinx nogueirai Haxaire, 2002
• Sphinx oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
• Sphinx perelegans Edwards, 1874
• Sphinx pinastri Linnaeus, 1758
• Sphinx poecila Stephens, 1828
• Sphinx sequoiae Boisduval, 1868
• Sphinx vashti Strecker, 1878

Gallery

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  Sphinx canadensis
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  Sphinx chersis
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  Sphinx dollii
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  Sphinx drupiferarum
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  Sphinx formosana
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  Sphinx franckii
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  Sphinx gordius
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  Sphinx kalmiae
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  Sphinx kalmiae
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  Sphinx leucophaeata
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  Sphinx libocedrus
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  Sphinx ligustri
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  Sphinx luscitiosa
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  Sphinx pinastri
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  Sphinx sequoiae
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  Sphinx vashti

References

Wikidata ☰ Q127251 entry