# 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)