I have posted usually hairless sphynx. I have captured one alive. The photo is not perfect, but you can see why is called sphynx (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esfinge_%28escultura%29).
(http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1696/dsc00824ue2.th.jpg) (http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00824ue2.jpg)
very cool.
Looks more like an insane fu-manchu to me :-D
We have lots of different type of sphynx moths, but none that really resemble the statute in Egypt. Maybe yours was the first to be named that and then the others in the family just inherited the name.
Rick
Very cool! I think it looks a bit like Kenny from Southpark....Jody
It does resemble kenny. :-D