Translation for 'sphinx' from English to Russian

sphinx

сфинкс {м}архео.

• It is an important larval host to the blinded sphinx, Lorquin's admiral, modest sphinx, mourning cloak, twin-spotted sphinx, and white admiral.
• "Proserpinus lucidus", the Pacific green sphinx or bear sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1852.
• "Perigonia lusca", the half-blind sphinx or coffee sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777.
• "Pachysphinx modesta", the modest sphinx or poplar sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839.
• "Sphinx chersis", the great ash sphinx or northern ash sphinx, is a moth that belongs to the family Sphingidae.

• "Isoparce cupressi", the baldcypress sphinx or cypress sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
• "Ceratomia hageni", the Osage orange sphinx or Hagen's sphinx, is a hawk moth (family Sphingidae). The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874.
• The Bucegi Sphinx is another rock formation in the same area, named for its sphinx-like appearance.
• Some believe that the sphinx of his wife, Hetepheres II, which was part of Djedefre's pyramid complex, was the first sphinx created.
• The Egyptian sphinx was uncovered in various private and public houses in Pompeii.

• "Lintneria smithi" is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae, the sphinx moths and hawk moths. It is known by the common name Smith's sphinx.
• It is a larval host to the brown elfin, Gordian sphinx, Henry's elfin, and huckleberry sphinx.