African Moths Gambia


 

Basiothia charis (Boisduval, 1847)

Lesser Brown Striped Hawk.

SYNONYMS
Chaerocampa charis, Chaerocampa celerionina,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 5
aureata, charis, laticornis, medea, schenki,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Gossypium, Vernonia,

Basiothia charis
Upperside
 

Upperside

 
Upperside (ZA)
Basiothia charis   Basiothia charis   Basiothia charis
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Distribution Map
Basiothia charis   Basiothia charis   map
Photo: SMCR-Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR-Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic