Olepa Explained

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

• , 2011.: A new Olepa Watson, 1980 Species from South India (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta 42 (1/2): 136–137.
• , 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.
• , 2000: Un nouvel Olepa de l'Inde (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae). Lambillionea 100 (2): 269–270, Bruxelles.
• Thomas J. . Witt . Günter C. . Müller . Vasiliy D. . Kravchenko . Michael A. . Miller . Axel . Hausmann . Wolfgang . Speidel . amp . 2005 . A new Olepa species from Israel (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) . Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen . 54 . 3/4 . 101–115.
• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Arctiidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.
• Web site: Savela . Markku . Olepa Watson, 1980 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . September 27, 2019.