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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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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Species
edit- 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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References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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