Sphingidae

family of insects (moths)
Taxon taxon Q157683
Sphingidae
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Sphingidae

Summary

Sphingidae is a taxon[1]. Sphingidae ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,994 views/month, #1,075 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sphingidae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Sphingidae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Sphingidae belongs to the parent taxon Bombycoidea[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Sphingidae is Sphingidae[6].
  • Sphingidae's Commons category is recorded as Sphingidae[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Sphingidae is Sphinx ligustri[8].
  • Sphingidae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sphingidae[9].
  • Sphingidae's topic's main category is recorded as Q9121056[10].
  • Sphingidae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Sphingidae's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as lišajovití[13].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as Schwärmer[14].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as Kiitäjät[15].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as スズメガ科[16].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as Pijlstaarten[17].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as zawisakowate[18].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as Вјештице[19].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as Svärmare[20].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as Бражники[21].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as cù-fionna[22].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as seabhag-lèomann[23].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as tussmørkesvermere[24].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as veščeci[25].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as zawisaki[26].
  • Sphingidae is commonly known as sfinksy[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Sphingidae is Sphingidae[6]. Sphingidae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Sphingidae belongs to the parent taxon Bombycoidea[5]. The taxonomic type of Sphingidae is Sphinx ligustri[8]. Recorded taxon common name include lišajovití[13], Schwärmer[14], Kiitäjät[15], スズメガ科[16], Pijlstaarten[17], and zawisakowate[18].

Identifiers

Sphingidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47213[28]. Sphingidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7128[29]. Sphingidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 905[30]. Sphingidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8868[31]. Sphingidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 117293[32].

Why It Matters

Sphingidae ranks in the top 0.55% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,994 views/month, #1,075 of 195,241).[2] Sphingidae has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Sphingidae is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Putnik · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → sfinksai-1
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  2. 6w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02301031-n
    Interlingual index id → i47623
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  3. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3h5Axj
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  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0421114-lisajoviti
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  5. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Bombycoidea
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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