Basilepta

Basilepta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is generally distributed in Asia. A single species is also known from central Africa.

Species
The following species are placed in the genus:


 * Basilepta abdominalis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta affinis (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta aggregata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta amboinensis (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta amamiensis Chûjô, 1957
 * Basilepta andamanensis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta andrewesi (Jacoby, 1903)
 * Basilepta angulicollis (Duvivier, 1892)
 * Basilepta anthracina (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta antiqua (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta apicalis (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta apicicornis (Lefèvre, 1891)
 * Basilepta apicipennis Chen, 1935
 * Basilepta armata (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta aruensis (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta assimilis Weise, 1922
 * Basilepta atripennis (Clark, 1865)
 * Basilepta atripes (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta aureocuprea (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta bacboensis Eroshkina, 1994
 * Basilepta bakeri Weise, 1922
 * Basilepta balyi (Harold, 1877)
 * Basilepta bengelensis (Duvivier, 1891)
 * Basilepta bicollis Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta bicolor (Lefèvre, 1893)
 * Basilepta bicolorata Chen, 1940
 * Basilepta bicoloripennis (Pic, 1930)
 * Basilepta bicoloripes (Pic, 1935) : (homonym of B. bicoloripes (Pic, 1930) )
 * Basilepta bidens Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta bimaculicollis (Jacoby, 1892)
 * Basilepta binghami (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta binhana (Pic, 1930)
 * Basilepta binominata (Achard, 1914)
 * Basilepta binotata (Lefèvre, 1886)
 * Basilepta bipartita (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta bipunctata (Jacoby, 1887)
 * Basilepta bipustulata (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta birungana Weise, 1924
 * Basilepta bistrigata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta bisulcata Chen, 1976
 * Basilepta bituberculata (Jacoby, 1887)
 * Basilepta bohemani (Baly, 1864)
 * Basilepta borodinensis Kimoto, 1979
 * Basilepta brevicollis (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta brunnea (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta buonloica Eroshkina, 1994
 * Basilepta cardoni (Jacoby, 1900)
 * Basilepta castanea (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta chalcea (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta chapaensis (Pic, 1930)
 * Basilepta chapuisi (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta chiangmaiensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta clypeata (Jacoby, 1887)
 * Basilepta concinnicollis (Baly, 1878)
 * Basilepta confusa (Clavareau, 1914)
 * Basilepta congregata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta consobrina Chen, 1940
 * Basilepta convexa Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta convexicollis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta cornutua Chûjô, 1956
 * Basilepta costata (Baly, 1864)
 * Basilepta crassipes Chen, 1976
 * Basilepta cribricollis (Motschulsky, 1860)
 * Basilepta cribricollis (Jacoby, 1908) (homonym of above)
 * Basilepta cribrithorax Chen, 1940
 * Basilepta cumingi (Baly, 1864)
 * Basilepta cupreata (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta cupripennis (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta cyanea (Lefèvre, 1891)
 * Basilepta cylindrica (Baly, 1864)
 * Basilepta cyrtopus (Lefèvre, 1885)
 * Basilepta davidi (Lefèvre, 1877)
 * Basilepta declivis Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta dembickyi Medvedev, 2005
 * Basilepta denticollis (Jacoby, 1892)
 * Basilepta deqenensis Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta dharwarensis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta dhunchena Kimoto & Takizawa, 1981
 * Basilepta dilaticornis (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta dimidiaticornis (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta dimidiatipes (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta discicollis (Jacoby, 1895)
 * Basilepta diversipes (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta djoui Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961
 * Basilepta dohrni (Jacoby, 1899)
 * Basilepta dormeri (Baly, 1877)
 * Basilepta dubiosa (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta duvivieri (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta eakaoensis Eroshkina, 1994
 * Basilepta elegans Chûjô, 1956
 * Basilepta elegantula (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta elongata Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta eroshkinae Medvedev, 2009
 * Basilepta evanescens (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta fabrei (Lefèvre, 1887)
 * Basilepta fairmairei (Jacoby, 1887)
 * Basilepta feae (Jacoby, 1892)
 * Basilepta fedorenkoi Medvedev, 2012
 * Basilepta femorata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta flavescens (Motschulsky, 1866)
 * Basilepta flavicaudis Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta flavolimbata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta forticornis Weise, 1922
 * Basilepta foveicollis (Baly, 1864)
 * Basilepta fukienensis Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961
 * Basilepta fulva (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta fulvescens Eroshkina, 1997
 * Basilepta fulvicornis (Jacoby, 1904)
 * Basilepta fulvipes (Motschulsky, 1860)
 * Basilepta fulvofasciata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta fulvotibialis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta fuscolimbata Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta fyanensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta gemmata Weise, 1922
 * Basilepta geniculata (Lefèvre, 1891)
 * Basilepta gestroi (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta gibbosa (Jacoby, 1890)
 * Basilepta glabricollis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta gracilipes (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta gracilis Chen, 1935
 * Basilepta granulosa Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta grossa Medvedev, 1995
 * Basilepta hampsoni (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta hattoriae Takizawa, 1983
 * Basilepta humeralis (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta hirayamai (Chûjô, 1935)
 * Basilepta hirticollis (Baly, 1874)
 * Basilepta imitans (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta impressipennis (Jacoby, 1887)
 * Basilepta incerta (Pic, 1928)
 * Basilepta inconspicua (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta indica (Jacoby, 1892)
 * Basilepta instabilis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta intacta (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta interrupta Medvedev, 2010
 * Basilepta irregularis (Jacoby, 1900)
 * Basilepta issikii Chûjô, 1956
 * Basilepta jacobyi (Lefèvre, 1884)
 * Basilepta jansoni (Baly, 1864)
 * Basilepta janthina (Lefèvre, 1885)
 * Basilepta javanensis (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta jeanvoinei (Pic, 1928)
 * Basilepta kandyensis Kimoto, 2003
 * Basilepta kaszabi Lopatin, 1962
 * Basilepta kaulbachi (Bryant, 1939)
 * Basilepta korhongensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta laeta Medvedev, 1992
 * Basilepta laeta Eroshkina, 1994 (homonym?)
 * Basilepta laevicollis (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta laevigata Tan, 1981
 * Basilepta laevis (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta lameyi (Lefèvre, 1893)
 * Basilepta latefasciata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta latericosta Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961
 * Basilepta lateripunctata (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta latipennis (Pic, 1928)
 * Basilepta leechi (Jacoby, 1888)
 * Basilepta lefevrei (Jacoby, 1887)
 * Basilepta lewisi (Jacoby, 1887)
 * Basilepta livida Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta longicornis (Jacoby, 1887)
 * Basilepta longipennis (Pic, 1931)
 * Basilepta longipes Baly, 1860
 * Basilepta longitarsalis Tan, 1992
 * Basilepta luzonica Weise, 1922
 * Basilepta maai Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta maculiceps (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta maculipennis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta magnicollis Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta maheensis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta makiharai Kimoto, 2001
 * Basilepta malayana Medvedev, 2016
 * Basilepta manaliensis Shukla, 1960
 * Basilepta manii Shukla, 1960
 * Basilepta marginalis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta marginata (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta martini (Lefèvre, 1885)
 * Basilepta medvedevi Eroshkina, 1997
 * Basilepta melanopus (Lefèvre, 1893)
 * Basilepta mindanaica Medvedev, 2009
 * Basilepta mindorensis Medvedev, 1995
 * Basilepta minor (Pic, 1929)
 * Basilepta minutipunctata Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta minutissima Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta minuta (Jacoby, 1905)
 * Basilepta miyatakei Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta modesta (Jacoby, 1885)
 * Basilepta modiglianii (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta momeitensis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta montana (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta morimotoi Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta motschulskyi (Lefèvre, 1884)
 * Basilepta multicolor (Jacoby, 1894)
 * Basilepta multicostata (Jacoby, 1892)
 * Basilepta multimaculata Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta musae (Bryant, 1938)
 * Basilepta napolovi Medvedev, 2015
 * Basilepta nala Takizawa, 1984
 * Basilepta nigra (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta nigricornis (Baly, 1864)
 * Basilepta nigripecta Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961
 * Basilepta nigripes (Baly, 1864)
 * Basilepta nigrita (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta nigrita Medvedev, 1997 (homonym of above?)
 * Basilepta nigritarse (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta nigroaenea (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta nigrobimarginata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta nigrocincta (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta nigrofasciata (Jacoby, 1889)
 * Basilepta nigrolineata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta nigromaculata (Lefèvre, 1891)
 * Basilepta nigromarginata (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta nigrosuturata (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta nigroviridis (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta nilgiriensis (Jacoby, 1903)
 * Basilepta nitida (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta nobilitata (Jacoby, 1895)
 * Basilepta notabilis Chen, 1935
 * Basilepta nyalamensis Tan, 1981
 * Basilepta oberthuri (Lefèvre, 1877)
 * Basilepta obliterata (Jacoby, 1887)
 * Basilepta oblonga (Motschulsky, 1866)
 * Basilepta oblongopunctata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta obscuromaculata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta orientalis (Jacoby, 1890)
 * Basilepta ornatissima (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta ornata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta ovalis Chen, 1940
 * Basilepta pacholatkoi Medvedev, 2005
 * Basilepta palawanica Weise, 1922
 * Basilepta pallida (Baly, 1864)
 * Basilepta pallidicolor (Pic, 1929)
 * Basilepta pallidipes (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta pallidula (Baly, 1874)
 * Basilepta parvula (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta pectoralis (Pic, 1931)
 * Basilepta philippinensis (Lefèvre, 1885)
 * Basilepta picea (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta piceipes (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta piceomaculata (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta pici Eroshkina, 1994
 * Basilepta picimane (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta picturata (Motschulsky, 1866)
 * Basilepta picta (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta pinguis Chen, 1940
 * Basilepta placida (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta plagiosa (Baly, 1878)
 * Basilepta plicata (Pic, 1929)
 * Basilepta polita Weise, 1926
 * Basilepta pretiosa (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta proxima (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta pseudobeccarii Eroshkina, 1997
 * Basilepta pubicollis (Jacoby, 1895)
 * Basilepta pubiventer Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta pulchella (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta puncticollis (Lefèvre, 1889)
 * Basilepta punctifrons An, 1988
 * Basilepta punctostriata Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961
 * Basilepta purpureofasciata (Jacoby, 1894)
 * Basilepta pusilla (Gyllenhal, 1808)
 * Basilepta quadrifasciata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta quadrimaculata (Pic, 1931)
 * Basilepta quadrinotata (Lefèvre, 1891)
 * Basilepta quercicola Takizawa, 2017
 * Basilepta regularis Tan, 1981
 * Basilepta remota Tan, 1984
 * Basilepta rondoni Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta rotundicollis (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta rubimaculata Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta ruficollis (Jacoby, 1885)
 * Basilepta rugosa (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta scabrosa (Baly, 1864)
 * Basilepta schawalleri Medvedev, 1992
 * Basilepta scutellaris Chen, 1963
 * Basilepta semicaerulea (Jacoby, 1892)
 * Basilepta semicostata (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta semiglabrata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta semilaeva (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta semipurpurea (Jacoby, 1892)
 * Basilepta semirufa (Pic, 1930)
 * Basilepta semistriata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta semperi (Lefèvre, 1891)
 * Basilepta separata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta severa Weise, 1922
 * Basilepta sikkimensis (Jacoby, 1900)
 * Basilepta simplex (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta sinara Weise, 1922
 * Basilepta speciosa (Lefèvre, 1893)
 * Basilepta spenceri Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta splendens (Hope, 1831)
 * Basilepta splendida Weise, 1922
 * Basilepta staudingeri (Jacoby, 1894)
 * Basilepta stigmosa (Jacoby, 1895)
 * Basilepta strigicollis (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta subcostata (Jacoby, 1889)
 * Basilepta subdepressa (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta sublaevipennis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta sublateralis (Clavareau, 1914)
 * Basilepta subpunctata (Achard, 1914)
 * Basilepta subruficollis Tan, 1993
 * Basilepta subtuberosa Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta sulawesiana Medvedev, 2009
 * Basilepta sumatrensis (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta suturalis (Motschulsky, 1866)
 * Basilepta sylhetensis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta tavoyensis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta terminata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta thoracica (Lefèvre, 1886)
 * Basilepta tibialis (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta triangularis (Motschulsky, 1866)
 * Basilepta tricarinata Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta tricolor (Baly, 1877)
 * Basilepta trivittata (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta tuberculata (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta uenoi Nakane, 1958
 * Basilepta uniformis (Motschulsky, 1866)
 * Basilepta unipunctata (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta variabilis (Duvivier, 1892)
 * Basilepta varians Chûjô, 1956
 * Basilepta varicolor (Jacoby, 1885)
 * Basilepta varipennis (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta violaceofasciata (Jacoby, 1892)
 * Basilepta violacea (Jacoby, 1884)
 * Basilepta virendri Shukla, 1960
 * Basilepta viridiaenea (Baly, 1864)
 * Basilepta viridicyanea Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
 * Basilepta viridiornata (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta viridipennis (Motschulsky, 1860)
 * Basilepta viridis (Pic, 1935)
 * Basilepta viridissima (Jacoby, 1896)
 * Basilepta vittipennis (Achard, 1914)
 * Basilepta wallacei (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta wallardiensis (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta waterhousei (Jacoby, 1908)
 * Basilepta weigeli Medvedev, 2015
 * Basilepta weisei (Jacoby, 1900)
 * Basilepta weixiensis Tan, 1988
 * Basilepta yangsoensis Chen, 1940
 * Basilepta yimnae Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961

Species moved to Parascela:
 * Basilepta rugipennis Tan, 1988
 * Nodostoma hirsutum Jacoby, 1908
 * Nodostoma tuberosum Jacoby, 1887

Species moved to Cleorina:
 * Basilepta bella (Jacoby, 1892) : synonym of Cleorina aenomicans (Baly, 1867)
 * Basilepta bhamoensis (Jacoby, 1892) : synonym of Cleorina sculpturata (Motschulsky, 1860)
 * Basilepta capitata (Jacoby, 1892) : synonym of Cleorina sculpturata (Motschulsky, 1860)
 * Basilepta sculpturata (Motschulsky, 1860)

Synonyms:
 * Basilepta aenomicans Chûjô, 1956 : synonym of Basilepta varicolor (Jacoby, 1885)
 * Basilepta anchoralis (Jacoby, 1900) : synonym of Basilepta pubicollis (Jacoby, 1895)
 * Basilepta beccarii (Jacoby, 1884) : synonym of Basilepta flavescens (Motschulsky, 1866)
 * Basilepta bicoloripes (Pic, 1930) : synonym of Basilepta fulvipes (Motschulsky, 1860)
 * Basilepta bicolorata Chûjô, 1956 (preoccupied by Basilepta bicolorata Chen, 1940 ): synonym of Basilepta varians Chûjô, 1956
 * Basilepta chinensis (Lefèvre, 1877) : synonym of Basilepta fulvipes (Motschulsky, 1860)
 * Basilepta consimilis Chûjô, 1956 : synonym of Basilepta varians Chûjô, 1956
 * Basilepta cyanipennis (Lefèvre, 1893) : synonym of Basilepta subcostata (Jacoby, 1889)
 * Basilepta dorunga Aslam, 1968 (replacement name for Basilepta bicolorata Chûjô, 1956 ): synonym of Basilepta varians Chûjô, 1956
 * Basilepta femorata (Jacoby, 1908) : synonym of Basilepta splendens (Hope, 1831)
 * Basilepta frontalis (Baly, 1867) : synonym of Basilepta viridipennis (Motschulsky, 1860)
 * Basilepta gigantea Chûjô, 1938 : synonym of Basilepta modesta (Jacoby, 1885)
 * Basilepta harmandi (Lefèvre, 1893) : synonym of Basilepta tricolor (Baly, 1877)
 * Basilepta haroldi (Jacoby, 1908) : synonym of Basilepta viridipennis (Motschulsky, 1860)
 * Basilepta ikomai Chûjô, 1961 : synonym of Basilepta nigrofasciata (Jacoby, 1889)
 * Basilepta kumatai Kimoto & Takizawa, 1973 : synonym of Basilepta binhana (Pic, 1930)
 * Basilepta laeviuscula (Weise, 1910) : synonym of Basilepta pallidula (Baly, 1874)
 * Basilepta limbata (Lefèvre, 1893) : synonym of Basilepta puncticollis (Lefèvre, 1889)
 * Basilepta nigriventris (Lefèvre, 1893) : synonym of Basilepta puncticollis (Lefèvre, 1889)
 * Basilepta obscura (Jacoby, 1908) : synonym of Basilepta subcostata (Jacoby, 1889)
 * Basilepta occipitalis (Jacoby, 1908) : synonym of Basilepta viridipennis (Motschulsky, 1860)
 * Basilepta sakaii Takizawa, 1987 : synonym of Basilepta subcostata (Jacoby, 1889)
 * Basilepta taiwana Chûjô, 1956 : synonym of Basilepta varians Chûjô, 1956

Renamed species:
 * Basilepta bella Eroshkina, 1997 : renamed to Basilepta eroshkinae Medvedev, 2009
 * Basilepta lateralis (Matsumura, 1911) (preoccupied): renamed to Basilepta sublateralis (Clavareau, 1914)
 * Basilepta lateripunctata (Jacoby, 1896) (preoccupied by Basilepta lateripunctata (Baly, 1867) ): renamed to Basilepta vittipennis (Achard, 1914)
 * Basilepta orientalis (Jacoby, 1908) (preoccupied by Basilepta orientalis (Jacoby, 1890) ): renamed to Basilepta confusa (Clavareau, 1914)
 * Basilepta pallidicornis Medvedev, 1995 : renamed to Basilepta mindanaica Medvedev, 2009
 * Basilepta puncticollis (Weise, 1889) (preoccupied by Basilepta puncticollis (Lefèvre, 1889) ): renamed to Basilepta subpunctata (Achard, 1914)
 * Basilepta thoracica (Jacoby, 1908) (preoccupied by Basilepta thoracica (Lefèvre, 1886) ): renamed to Basilepta binominata (Achard, 1914)