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Basiothia Walker, 1856

Basiothia Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 124, TS: Basiothia idricus
Basiothia (Choercampina) ; [HMW, 19]

Basiothia aureata (Karsch, 1891)

C.Africa, W.Africa, Rhodesa, Nyasaland. See [About maps] Gold Dotted Temnora
Ocyton aureata Karsch, 1891; Ent. Nachr. 17 (19) : 293, TL: Cameroons
Temnora brevipenne Rothschild, 1894
Temnora aureata ; (?)
Basiothia aureata ; [HMW]

Basiothia charis (Boisduval, 1847)

Tropical Africa, Subtropical Africa. See [About maps] Lesser Brown Striped Hawk
Choerocampa charis Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 595, TL: Natal
?Chaerocampa charis Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 136, TL: Natal
celerionina (Walker, 1856)
?charis Wallengren, 1865; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 5 (4) : 18
Basiothia charis ; [HMW]

Larva on Vernonia? [HMCSA]

Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)

Africa, Madagascar. See [About maps] Small Verdant Hawk
Sphinx medea Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 2 : 143, TL: Afr. aequinoct.
Sphinx minus Fabricius, 1787

= ; [HMW]

onothberina (Martyn, 1797)
Sphinx idrieus Drury, 1782
Sphinx clio Fabricius, 1793
transfigurata (Wallengren, 1860)
nigrita Clark, 1920
Basiothia idricus Walker, 1856
Basiothia medea ; [HMW]

Larva on Pentanisia, Pentas, (Kenya) Richardsonia, Spermacoce, (South Africa) [HMCSA]

Basiothia schenki (Möschler, 1872)

South Africa - E.Africa, Rhodesia. See [About maps] Brown Striped Hawk
Chaerocampa schenki Möschler, 1872; Stettin Ent. Ztg 33 (7-9) : 339, TL: Natal
protocharis (Moeschler, 1872)
Basiothia schenki ; [HMW]

Larva on Vernonia [HMCSA]

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References:

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[HMCSA]

Pinhey, E., 1962; Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa

[HMW]

Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

Some related literature:

Boisduval, 1847

Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844 in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 585-614

Fabricius, 1781

Species Insectorum Exhibentes Eorum Differentia Specifica, Synonyma Auctorum, Loca Natalia, Metamorphosin Adiectis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Tom II Spec. Ins. 2 : 1-494 (1781), : 495-514 (appendix), 515-517 (index) ([1782])

Karsch, 1891

Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss auf der Barombi-Station in Kamerun gesammelten Sphingiden Ent. Nachr. 17 (19) : 291-298, pl. 1

Möschler, 1872

Neue exotische Schmetterlinge Stettin Ent. Ztg 33 (7-9) : 336-362

Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 1-271 (1856)

Wallengren, 1865

Heterocer-Fjärilar, samlade i Kafferlandet af J. A. Wahlberg, beskirfna af H. D. J. Wallengren K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 5 (4) : 1-83

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