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Taxonomy
Basiothia aureata (Karsch, 1891)
Nomenclature
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Subtribe: ChoerocampinaGenus: Basiothia
Species:
Basiothia aureata (Karsch, 1891)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Type data:
SYNTYPES 1♂1♀ Kamerun [Cameroon]: Barombi Station (P. Preuss) [♂ MNHU; ♀ NHMUK]. The female syntype was sent in exchange to the Tring Museum; Rothschild, 1919, Novit. Zool. 26: 231, referred to it as a "cotype (paratype)".
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Temnora by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 569; then to Basiothia by Carcasson, 1968, Jl E. Afr. nat. Hist. Soc. natn. Mus. 26 (3): 117.
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Synonyms: 2