Sphinx ligustri: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Sphinx ligustri Sphinx ligustri

Where the sphinx ligustri lives – recorded in 20 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 18,398 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See butterflies & moths on the world map

Scientific name	Sphinx ligustri
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	20 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Sphingidae

Where does the sphinx ligustri live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the sphinx ligustri in 20 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the sphinx ligustri?

The sphinx ligustri (Sphinx ligustri) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Sphingidae, genus Sphinx. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the sphinx ligustri

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 edition of Systema Naturae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sphinx ligustri (revision 1306405186), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q163794 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).