Sphingidae Species List

This list is the world-spanning species list for the Family Sphingidae of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as Hawk-Moths. This list contains all known species of Sphingidae in order of subfamily. There should be about 1,288 species listed. There are three subfamilies:

  1. Subfamily Macroglossinae
  2. Subfamily Smerinthinae
  3. Subfamily Sphinginae

The species list is given below.

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