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    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. Sphinx adumbrata...
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  • Great Sphinx of Giza, the giant Sphinx statue near the Great Pyramids Sphinx of Memphis, a stone sphinx located near the ruins of Memphis Sphinx International...
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    Sphinx ligustri, the privet hawk moth, is a moth found in most of the Palearctic realm. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th...
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    Sphinx kalmiae, the laurel sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in the temperate parts of the United States and southern Canada east...
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    Sphinx chersis, the great ash sphinx or northern ash sphinx, is a moth that belongs to the family Sphingidae. This insect has a large wing span (90 to...
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    Sphinx pinastri, the pine hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Palearctic realm and sometimes the Nearctic realm. This species...
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    Dolba (redirect from Sphinx hyloeus)
    a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Francis Walker in 1856. Its only species, Dolba hyloeus, the pawpaw sphinx, was first described...
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    Hyles lineata, also known as the white-lined sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. They are sometimes known as a "hummingbird moth" because of their...
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    Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum. Commonly known as the Carolina sphinx moth and the tobacco hawk moth (as adults) and the tobacco hornworm and...
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    Mandrill (redirect from Mandrillus sphinx)
    The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a large Old World monkey native to west central Africa. It is one of the most colorful mammals in the world, with red...
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