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Moro sphinx ou sphinx colibri (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Mandibulata
Clase: Insecta
Subclase: Holometabola
Orden: Lepidoptera
Suborden: Glossata
Infraorden: Neolepidoptera
Superfamilia: Sphingiodea
Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Sphinginae
La envergadura alar de este lepidóptero nocturno puede superar los ocho centímetros. La coloración de las alas es similar en las anteriores y en las posteriores.
Su oruga, de color verde intenso con finas rayas oblicuas laterales de color rojizo, es una de las más grandes de la faunia de la península ibérica, pudiendo alcanzar los ocho centímetros de longitud. Se alimenta sobre el aligustre y otras oleáceas.
En Français:
Le sphinx du troène est un lépidoptère appartenant à la famille des Sphingidae.
Ce papillon nocturnes remarquable par sa taille (C'est l'un des plus grands sphingidae européens), et par la taille, forme et couleur de sa chenille. C'est une espèce qui a été introduite hors de son aire d'origine (Australie) et elle est devenue invasive.
* Répartition : région paléarctique.
* Envergure du mâle : 52 à 51 mm.
* Période de vol : de mai à août, une à deux générations.
* Habitat : jardins prairies.
* Plantes-hôtes : Ligustrum, Syringa, Fraxinus, Viburnum, Nerium, Sambucus, Spiraea, Paulownia, Catalpa, Jasminum et Ulex.
Since my previous visit (www.flickr.com/photos/dslewis/sets/72157625559474322/) more stone has been added to cover the weathered stone from 10,000 BC or earlier
The Sphinx was carved out of bedrock sometime around 2500 BCE (but restoration uses blocks). It was built as the guard to Khafre's pyramid but later took on the role of a god and was worshipped (as noted by Pliny the Elder in his manuscript Natural History 77-79 CE). It is believed the face is that of Khafre.
Contrary to popular belief, the face was not targeted by Napoleon's artillery. It is believed the nose was removed by an extremist who believed removing the nose was how you defeated the pagan god.
“Sphinx”
Print Type: Etching
Edition Type: Limited edition 100 pcs.
Date of Creation: 2012
Paper size: 21х29 cm
Image size: 11,5x12,6 cm
Paper: Fabriano 220 g/m2
Etching Ink: Gamblin
Signed and embossed by the artist
Unframed
Eine von zwei Sphinx im Park des Schlosses Fontainebleau. Mit Ihnen kamen erstmalig Sphinx in der französischen Kunst vor.
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Sphinx Restaurant at Stepanakert, the capital of the de-facto Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
Nagorno-Karabakh is predominantly Armenian-populated, but was created as a 'Autonomous Oblast' within the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923. When the USSR collapsed, Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a bloody war over this region between 1988 to 1994, resulting in the defeat of the Azeris and Nagorno-Karabakh declaring itself independent.
No country has of yet recognised the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh, and relationship between Armenia and Azerbaijan remain tense. In April 2016 clashes erupted again and hundreds died - the situation was at its worst since the 1994 ceasefire.
Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia/Azerbaijan.