Basiothia medea

Basiothia medea, the small verdant hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is common in open habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar. It is however probably absent from the equatorial forest belt, except as a vagrant. The species is an active migrant.^[2]

Small verdant hawk
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Basiothia
Species:	B. medea
Binomial name
Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx medea Fabricius, 1781 Sphinx minus Fabricius, 1787 Sphinx idrieus Drury, 1782 Sphinx clio Fabricius, 1793 Sphinx onothberina Martyn, 1797 Choerocampa transfigurata Wallengren, 1860 Basiothia nigrita Clark, 1920 Basiothia idricus Walker, 1856

The length of the forewings is 22–25 mm and the wingspan is 49–63 mm.

The larvae feed on Spermacoce natalensis, Dioda, Spermacoce, Pentas and Pentasinia species.^[3]