Chiridopsis aubei (Boheman, 1855)
Coptocycla Aubei Boheman, 1855: 195 (LT! in NRS!, PLT! in IZPAS!), 1856: 169, 1862: 419; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3666; Węgrzynowicz and Wąsowska, 1996: 43.
Chirida aubei: Weise, 1896 a: 9; 1896 c: 23, 24; Spaeth, 1903 c: 179, 1914 g: 126, 1916 b: 41.
Chiridopsis aubei: Spaeth, 1924: 349, 1929 a: 161, 1935 a: 175, 1943: 62; Shaw, 1956 b: 596, 1963: 460, 1968 a: 371, 1968 b: 783, 1972: 78; Borowiec, 1985 b: 241; 1985 c: 448, 1986 a: 807, 1999 d: 297; Nummelin and Borowiec, 1991: 14; Sekerka, 2006 c: 99; Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2017: 12 (incl. colour photos); Coache & Rainon, 2020: 32 (colour photo).
Chiridopsis aubei ab. dissoluta Spaeth, 1933 a: 357 (ST! in MRAC!, MM!), 1935 a: 175; Shaw, 1961: 34.
Coptocycla semivittata Boheman, 1855: 194 (LT! in NRS!, PLT! in BMNH!, IZPAS!), 1856: 168, 1862: 418; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3674; Węgrzynowicz and Wąsowska, 1996: 44.
Chirida semivittata: Weise, 1896 c: 23, 24; Spaeth, 1914 g: 127.
Coptocycla mesomela Boheman, 1862: 426 (TE in BMNH).
Coptocycla mesomelaena [sic]: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3671; Spaeth, 1914 g: 131.
Chiridopsis mesomelaena [sic]: Spaeth, 1924: 347.
Coptocycla fausta Boheman, 1862: 420 (TE in BMNH); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3669; Spaeth, 1914 g: 126 (as syn. of aubei).
Chirida fausta: Weise, 1896 c: 23, 24 (as syn. of aubei).
Chirida Baumanni Spaeth, 1902 b: 459 (ST in MM!), 1910: 276, 1914 g: 126; Borowiec, 1986 a: 807 (as syn. of aubei).; Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2017: 12 (incl. colour photos)
Chiridopsis baumanni: Spaeth, 1924: 338, 342, 1925 d: 7, 1943: 62; Shaw, 1961: 34, 1968 b: 783, 1972: 78.
Chiridopsis baumani [sic]: Shaw, 1955: 238, 1963: 461.
Chiridopsis Baumanni ssp. nigriceps Spaeth, 1924: 343 (ST! in MM!, ZMH); Shaw, 1955: 238 (as possible syn. of baumanni); Borowiec, 1986 a: 807 (as syn. of aubei); Simões et al., 2021: 198.
Chirida breviuscula Weise, 1904 a: 55 (TE in ZMHU); Spaeth, 1914 g: 126.
Chiridopsis breviuscula: Spaeth, 1924: 349; Shaw, 1972: 78 (incl. fig.).
Chiridopsis signaticollis Spaeth, 1924: 346 (ST in MM!); Borowiec, 1986 a: 807 (as syn. of aubei).
Chiridopsis aubei ab. signaticollis: Spaeth, 1933 a: 357.
Chiridopsis aubei var. signaticollis: Shaw, 1955: 239.
Chiridopsis maculipennis Spaeth, 1924: 347 (HT! in MM!).
Chirida Gyldenstolpei Weise, 1924: 27 (ST! in NRS, MM!).
Chiridopsis Gyldenstolpei: Spaeth, 1925 d: 6.
Chirida semivittata: Weise, 1896: 24 (misinterpretation).
Chiridopsis
Weisei Spaeth, 1924: 349 (new name for Ch.
semivittata: Weise, 1896 not Boheman,
1855); Borowiec, 1999 d:
305; Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2017: 13 (as syn. of aubei).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea involucrata (J. Wieringa, pers. comm.).
Distr.: aubei: Old Calabar (Celebes in Mon. Cass., 1855, corrected in 1862); semivittata: Old Calabar (Celebes in Mon. Cass., 1855, corrected in 1862); mesomela: Africa occidentalis (Calabar); dissoluta: Kisantu, Lemfu a Kimpese, Kikwit, Katanga: Kabalo, Stanleyville, Kasongo a Niemba, Kabambaré; fausta: Africa occidentalis (Calabar); baumanni: Mpala, Kagera-Nil (prope lacum Ukerewe); nigriceps: Westafrika; Kamerun, Congo; breviuscula: Ikuta;signaticollis: Goldküste: Akropong; maculipennis: N. W. Rhodesia; gyldenstolpei: Ituri; weisei: Kongo-Mündung: Boma, St. Thomé, Guinea. Angola; Benin; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Liberia; Niger; Nigeria; Principe Is.; Republic of Central Africa; Republic of Congo; Ruanda; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zaire; Zambia.
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figure: habitus in colour (ab. semivittata, signaticollis)
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