| Subject | English | French |
| nat.res. | achemon sphinx | sphinx d'achémon (Eumorpha achemon, Pholus achemon, Pholus pandorus) |
| entomol. | achemon sphinx | sphinx d'Achemon (Pholus achemon) |
| entomol. | apple sphinx | sphinx du pommier (Sphinx gordius) |
| entomol. | big poplar sphinx | sphinx du peuplier (Pachysphinx modesta) |
| entomol. | blind-eyed sphinx | sphinx aveugle (Paonias excaecata) |
| nat.res. | elm sphinx | sphinx quadricorne (Ceratomia amyntor) |
| entomol. | great ash sphinx | sphinx du frêne (Sphinx chersis) |
| entomol. | hermit sphinx | sphinx ermite (Sphinx eremitus) |
| gen. | his sphinx-like inscrutability disconcerted me | son impassibilité de sphinx me déroutait |
| entomol. | honeysuckle clear-winged sphinx | sphinx du chèvrefeuille (Hemaris diffmis) |
| entomol. | hummingbird clear-winged sphinx | sphinx colibri (Hemaris thisbe, Symmerista) |
| nat.res. | hydrangea sphinx | sphinx versicolore (Darapsa versicolor) |
| entomol. | laurel sphinx | sphinx du laurier (Sphinx kalmiae) |
| nat.res. | lettered sphinx | sphinx de la vigne (Deidamia inscripta) |
| nat.res. | nessus sphinx | sphinx nessus (Amphion floridensis) |
| entomol. | pine sphinx | sphinx du pin Hyloicus pinastri |
| entomol. | pine tree sphinx | sphinx du pin (Lapara bombycoides) |
| entomol. | satellite sphinx | sphinx satellite (Pholus satellitia) |
| entomol. | snowberry sphinx | sphinx du petit thé (Sphinx vashti) |
| entomol. | sphinx moth | sphinx tête de mort |
| entomol. | sphinx moths | sphingidés (Sphingidae) |
| gen. | the Sphinx | le Sphinx |
| nat.res. | Virginia creeper sphinx | sphinx de Myron (Darapsa myron) |
| entomol. | Virginia-creeper sphinx | sphinx de Myron (Ampeloeca myron) |
| entomol. | walnut sphinx | sphinx du noyer (Cressonia juglandis) |
| nat.res. | waved sphinx | sphinx ondulé (Ceratomia undulosa) |
| entomol. | waved sphinx | sphinx ondulé (Ceratomia undulosa) |
| nat.sc., agric. | white lined sphinx | sphinx de la vigne (Celerio lineata) |
| nat.res. | white-banded day sphinx | sphinx ceinturé (Aellopos titan) |
| nat.sc., agric. | white-lined sphinx | sphinx de la vigne (Deilephila elpenor) |
| nat.sc., agric. | white-lined sphinx | sphinx commun de la vigne (Celerio lineata, Deilephila lineata, Hyles lineata, Sphinx lineata) |
| nat.sc., agric. | white-lined sphinx | sphinx à lignes blanches (Celerio lineata, Deilephila lineata, Hyles lineata, Sphinx lineata) |
| entomol. | white-lined sphinx | sphinx de la vigne Deilephila elpenor |
| entomol. | white-lined sphinx | sphinx à lignes blanches (Celerio lineata) |
| entomol. | white-lined sphinx | sphinx ligné (Celerio lineata) |