Olepa

Olepa
Olepa sp. at Kerala, India
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Subtribe:	Spilosomina
Genus:	Olepa Watson, 1980
Type species
Alope ocellifera Walker, 1855
Synonyms
Alope Walker, 1855

Olepa is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family. Most part of species occur in India and Sri Lanka, though one species was described from Israel.

Species

• ricini group:
  • Olepa clavatus (Swinhoe, 1885)
  • Olepa coromandelica Dubatolov, 2011
  • Olepa koslandana Orhant, 1986
  • Olepa neumuthi Orhant, 2012
  • Olepa ricini (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Olepa schleini Witt et al., 2005
  • Olepa toulgoeti Orhant, 1986
• ocellifera group
  • Olepa anomi Orhant, 1986
  • Olepa duboisi Orhant, 1986
  • Olepa kakatii Orhant, 2000
  • Olepa ocellifera (Walker, 1855)

References

• Dubatolov, V.V., 2011.: A new Olepa Watson, 1980 Species from South India (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 136-137.
• Orhant, G., 1986: Deuxieme contribution a l'etude des lépidoptères heteroceres du sud-est Asiatique (1.) Le complexe d'especes 'ricini Fabricius' (Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Bulletin de la Société Sciences Naturelles de France 50: 9-22, Paris.
• Orhant, G., 2000: Un nouvel Olepa de l'Inde (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae). Lambillionea 100 (2): 269-270, Bruxelles.
• Witt, T.J., Müller, G.C., Kravchenko, V.D., Miller, M.A., Hausmann, A. & Speidel, W., 2005: A new Olepa species from Israel (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 54 (3/4): 101-115, München.
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
• "Olepa Watson, 1980" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms