Biology:Sphinx (genus)
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Sphinx ligustri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Sphingini |
| Genus: | Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758 |
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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.[1]
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
Sphinx canadensis
Sphinx chersis
Sphinx dollii
Sphinx drupiferarum
Sphinx formosana
Sphinx franckii
Sphinx gordius
Sphinx kalmiae
Sphinx kalmiae
Sphinx leucophaeata
Sphinx libocedrus
Sphinx ligustri
Sphinx luscitiosa
Sphinx pinastri
Sphinx sequoiae
Sphinx vashti
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/sphinginae/sphinx/. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q127251 entry
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