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 family Erebidae. The genus was described by Watson in 1980. Most part of species occur in India and Sri Lanka, though one species was described from Israel. Its name is the anagram of Alope, the original preoccupied name of the genus.

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, Thomas J.; Müller, Günter C.; Kravchenko, Vasiliy D.; Miller, Michael A.; Hausmann, Axel & Speidel, Wolfgang (2005). "A new Olepa species from Israel (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)" (PDF). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen. 54 (3/4): 101–115.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Savela, Markku. "Olepa Watson, 1980". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.