View source for Basiothia charis

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| name = Lesser brown striped hawk
| image = Pl.06-fig.04-Basiothia charis.JPG
| image_caption = 
| taxon = Basiothia charis
| authority = ([[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Walker]], 1856)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Basiothia/charis.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018090839/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Basiothia/charis.html|archivedate=2012-10-18|url-status=dead|title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-10-26}}</ref>
| synonyms = 
*''Choerocampa charis'' <small>Boisduval, 1847</small>
*''Choerocampa celerina'' <small>Boisduval</small>
}}

'''''Basiothia charis''''', the '''lesser brown striped hawk''', is a [[moth]] of the family [[Sphingidae]]. The species was first described by [[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Francis Walker]] in 1856. It is fairly common in most habitats, excluding very dry areas, throughout Africa south of the [[Sahara]]. It has not been recorded from [[Madagascar]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Carcasson |first=R. H. |author-link=Robert Herbert Carcasson |date=1967 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up |title=Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species |journal=Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=1–173 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref>

The length of the forewings is 22–25&nbsp;mm.

The larvae possibly feed on ''[[Vernonia]]'' species.

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[[Category:Basiothia]]
[[Category:Moths described in 1856]]
[[Category:Moths of Africa]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)]]


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