Sphinx (genus)

Sphinx
Sphinx ligustri
Scientific classification
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]

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

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