Sphinx

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Sphinginae
Tribus: Sphingini
Genus: Sphinx
Species: S. adumbrata – S. apulus – S. arthuri – S. asellus – S. aurigutta – S. balsae – S. bhutana – S. biolleyi – S. caligineus – S. canadensis – S. centrosinaria – S. centrovietnama – S. chersis – S. chisoya – S. constricta – S. crassistrgia – S. dollii – S. drupiferarum – S. eremitoides – S. eremitus – S. formosana – S. franckii – S. geminus – S. gordius – S. istar – S. justiciae – S. kalmiae – S. leucophaeata – S. libocedrus – S. ligustri – S. lugens – S. luscitiosa – S. maura – S. maurorum – S. merops – S. morio – S. nogueirai – S. oberthueri – S. perelegans – S. phalerata – S. pinastri – S. pitzahuac – S. poecila – S. porioni – S. praelongus – S. pseudostigmatica – S. rutilus – S. separatus – S. sequoiae – S. smithi – S. tricolor – S. vanbuskirki – S. vashti – S. xantus – S. yunnana
Name

Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758

Type species: Sphinx ligustri Linnaeus, 1858
Synonyms

Sphynx Pallas, 1771
Spectrum Scopoli, 1777
Herse Oken, 1815
Hyloicus Hübner, [1819]
Lethia Hübner, [1819]
Herse Agassiz, 1846
Hyloecus Agassiz, 1846
Lintneria Butler, 1877
Gargantua Kirby, 1892
Hyloecus Kuznetsova, 1906; (preocc.)
Mesosphinx Cockerell, 1920

Species names in synonymy

Sphinx celerio Linnaeus, 1758 = Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphinx celeria = Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

Brechlin, R. 2015a: Three new species of the genus Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758 from Vietnam, China and Bhutan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Entomo-satsphingia 8(1): 16–19. Reference page.
Cadiou, J.-M., 1995: Seven new species of Sphingidae. Lambillionea XCV 4 déc.: 499–515.
Eitschberger, U. ; F. Danner & B. Surholt, 1992: Zweiter Beitrag zu "Taxonomische Veränderungen bei den Sphingiden Europas" und die Beschreibung einer neuen Sphinx-Unterart aus der Türkei (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Atalanta 23 (1-2): 245–247.
Haxaire, J. 2002a. Sphinx nogueirai, nouveau Sphingidae du Sonora (Lepidoptera Sphingidae). Lambillionea 102(4): 459–462. Reference page.
Haxaire, J. 2020. Description of a new species of Sphingidae from the USA, Sphinx vanbuskirki n. sp. and confirmation of the synonymy of Sphinx coloradus Smith, 1887 with Sphinx dollii Neumoegen, 1881. (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Sphinginae). The European Entomologist 12(1): 21-36. Reference page.

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

References

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