Sphinx (genus)

Sphinx
Sphinx ligustri - MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Tribe:Sphingini
Genus:Sphinx
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text.

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, containing the following species:


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