Sphingidae

Classification

Genera in Sphingidae

• Xylophanes — 129 species: Xylophanes acrus, Xylophanes adalia, Xylophanes aglaor, Xylophanes alexandrae, Xylophanes alexandrei, Xylophanes alineae, Xylophanes alvaressierrae, Xylophanes amadis
• Macroglossum — 121 species: Macroglossum adustum, Macroglossum aesalon, Macroglossum affictitia, Macroglossum albigutta, Macroglossum albolineata, Macroglossum alcedo, Macroglossum alenuska, Macroglossum alluaudi
• Sphinx — 103 species: Sphinx achemon, Sphinx adumbrata, Sphinx almon, Sphinx alope, Sphinx archias, Sphinx ardenia, Sphinx arontes, Sphinx asellus
• Temnora — 77 species: Temnora albilinea, Temnora angulosa, Temnora argyropeza, Temnora arida, Temnora atrofasciata, Temnora avinoffi, Temnora bafutiana, Temnora bouyeri
• Manduca — 76 species: Manduca afflicta, Manduca albiplaga, Manduca albolineata, Manduca andicola, Manduca armatipes, Manduca aztecus, Manduca barnesi, Manduca bergarmatipes
• Theretra — 70 species: Theretra acuta, Theretra alecto, Theretra alorica, Theretra ankae, Theretra arfakmontensis, Theretra baliensis, Theretra boisduvalii, Theretra cajus
• Ambulyx — 60 species: Ambulyx amboynensis, Ambulyx andangi, Ambulyx auripennis, Ambulyx bakeri, Ambulyx belli, Ambulyx bhutana, Ambulyx bima, Ambulyx canescens
• Polyptychus — 55 species: Polyptychus affinis, Polyptychus andosa, Polyptychus anochus, Polyptychus assimilis, Polyptychus auriguttatus, Polyptychus aurora, Polyptychus baltus, Polyptychus barnsi
• Psilogramma — 55 species: Psilogramma andamanica, Psilogramma angelika, Psilogramma argos, Psilogramma aruensis, Psilogramma asirensis, Psilogramma babariensis, Psilogramma casuarinae, Psilogramma choui
• Hippotion — 41 species: Hippotion adelinae, Hippotion aporodes, Hippotion aurora, Hippotion balsaminae, Hippotion batschii, Hippotion boerhaviae, Hippotion brennus, Hippotion brunnea
• Hyles — 33 species: Hyles annei, Hyles apocyni, Hyles biguttata, Hyles calida, Hyles centralasiae, Hyles chamyla, Hyles churkini, Hyles costata
• Neoclanis — 30 species: Neoclanis basalis, Neoclanis dargei, Neoclanis giustii, Neoclanis hackeri, Neoclanis haendeli, Neoclanis hogani, Neoclanis iringaensis, Neoclanis kingstoni
• Covelliana — 29 species: Covelliana aarviki, Covelliana adriani, Covelliana alessandroi, Covelliana anna, Covelliana berioi, Covelliana bertii, Covelliana bouyeri, Covelliana carmen
• Dahira — 28 species: Dahira bruno, Dahira chaochauensis, Dahira falcata, Dahira haxairei, Dahira hoenei, Dahira honei, Dahira jitkae, Dahira kitchingi
• Eumorpha — 28 species: Eumorpha achemon, Eumorpha adamsi, Eumorpha analis, Eumorpha anchemolus, Eumorpha annalea, Eumorpha boivini, Eumorpha capronnieri, Eumorpha cissi
• Eupanacra — 28 species: Eupanacra angulata, Eupanacra automedon, Eupanacra busiris, Eupanacra cadioui, Eupanacra elassama, Eupanacra elegantulus, Eupanacra greetae, Eupanacra harmani
• Rufoclanis — 26 species: Rufoclanis angelika, Rufoclanis audreyae, Rufoclanis boromoi, Rufoclanis drucei, Rufoclanis erlangeri, Rufoclanis folonzoi, Rufoclanis fulgurans, Rufoclanis giustii
• Hemaris — 24 species: Hemaris affinis, Hemaris aksana, Hemaris alaiana, Hemaris beresowskii, Hemaris croatica, Hemaris dentata, Hemaris diffinis, Hemaris ducalis
• Pseudoclanis — 24 species: Pseudoclanis abyssinicus, Pseudoclanis admatha, Pseudoclanis aequabilis, Pseudoclanis allessandroi, Pseudoclanis asantei, Pseudoclanis axis, Pseudoclanis biokoensis, Pseudoclanis canui
• Nephele — 23 species: Nephele accentifera, Nephele aequivalens, Nephele argentifera, Nephele bipartita, Nephele charoba, Nephele comma, Nephele comoroana, Nephele densoi
• Nyceryx — 23 species: Nyceryx alophus, Nyceryx brevis, Nyceryx coffaeae, Nyceryx continua, Nyceryx cratera, Nyceryx draudti, Nyceryx ericea, Nyceryx eximia
• Cephonodes — 22 species: Cephonodes apus, Cephonodes armatus, Cephonodes armatus marianna, Cephonodes australis, Cephonodes banksi, Cephonodes hylas, Cephonodes janus, Cephonodes kingii
• Lintneria — 21 species: Lintneria arthuri, Lintneria aurigutta, Lintneria balsae, Lintneria biolleyi, Lintneria eremitoides, Lintneria eremitus, Lintneria geminus, Lintneria istar
• Acosmeryx — 20 species: Acosmeryx akanshi, Acosmeryx anceus, Acosmeryx beatae, Acosmeryx bismarckiana, Acosmeryx castanea, Acosmeryx cinnamomea, Acosmeryx formosana, Acosmeryx haxairei
• Marumba — 20 species:
• Adhemarius — 19 species:
• Clanis — 19 species:
• Leucophlebia — 17 species:
• Macropoliana — 17 species:
• Polyptychoides — 17 species:
• Rhagastis — 17 species:
• Cypa — 16 species:
• Gnathothlibus — 15 species:
• Perigonia — 15 species:
• Phylloxiphia — 14 species:
• Smerinthulus — 14 species:
• Callionima — 13 species:
• Daphnis — 13 species:
• Dolbina — 13 species:
• Cechenena — 12 species:
• Erinnyis — 12 species:
• Isognathus — 12 species:
• Rhodoprasina — 12 species:
• Callambulyx — 11 species:
• Smerinthus — 11 species:
• Chaerocina — 10 species:
• Neopolyptychus — 10 species:
• Protambulyx — 10 species:
• Antinephele — 9 species:
• Cautethia — 9 species:
• Ceratomia — 9 species:
• Neogene — 9 species:
• Sataspes — 9 species:
• Sphingonaepiopsis — 9 species:
• Angonyx — 8 species:
• Cocytius — 8 species:
• Enyo — 8 species:
• Eurypteryx — 8 species:
• Griseosphinx — 8 species:
• Laothoe — 8 species:
• Pachygonidia — 8 species:
• Platysphinx — 8 species:
• Proserpinus — 8 species:
• Agrius — 7 species:
• Cechetra — 7 species:
• Daphnusa — 7 species:
• Deilephila — 7 species:
• Euryglottis — 7 species:
• Rhodambulyx — 7 species:
• Aellopos — 6 species:
• Aleuron — 6 species:
• Ceridia — 6 species:
• Gynoeryx — 6 species:
• Meganoton — 6 species:
• Neogurelca — 6 species:
• Orecta — 6 species:
• Praedora — 6 species:
• Ampelophaga — 5 species:
• Amphonyx — 5 species:
• Basiothia — 5 species:
• Falcatula — 5 species:
• Hypaedalea — 5 species:
• Kentrochrysalis — 5 species:
• Madoryx — 5 species:
• Megacorma — 5 species:
• Paonias — 5 species:
• Poliana — 5 species:
• Coelonia — 4 species:
• Enpinanga — 4 species:
• Hemeroplanes — 4 species:
• Lapara — 4 species:
• Malgassoclanis — 4 species:
• Pantophaea — 4 species:
• Pentateucha — 4 species:
• Rethera — 4 species:
• Tinostoma — 4 species:
• Acherontia — 3 species:
• Amphion — 3 species:
• Amplypterus — 3 species:
• Batocnema — 3 species:
• Cizara — 3 species:
• Coenotes — 3 species:
• Darapsa — 3 species:
• Dovania — 3 species:
• Elibia — 3 species:
• Euproserpinus — 3 species:
• Eupyrrhoglossum — 3 species:
• Lophostethus — 3 species:
• Microclanis — 3 species:
• Mimas — 3 species:
• Pachylia — 3 species:
• Pachysphinx — 3 species:
• Afroclanis — 2 species:
• Agnosia — 2 species:
• Amorpha — 2 species:
• Andriasa — 2 species:
• Atemnora — 2 species:
• Centroctena — 2 species:
• Cerberonoton — 2 species:
• Clarina — 2 species:

Showing the 120 genera with the most species records held.

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.