Sphinx (genus)

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Sphinx
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Sphinx ligustri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Sphingini
Genus: Sphinx
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • SpectrumScopoli, 1777
  • MesosphinxCockerell, 1920
  • LethiaHübner, 1819
  • HyloicusHübner, 1819
  • HyloecusKuznetsova, 1906
  • HyloecusAgassiz, 1846
  • HerseOken, 1815
  • HerseAgassiz, 1846
  • GargantuaKirby, 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. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 6, 2019.


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