Olepa
| Olepa | |
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| Olepa sp. at Kerala, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Tribe: | Spilosomini |
| Genus: | Olepa Watson, 1980 |
| Type species | |
| Alope ocellifera Walker, 1855 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Olepa is a genus of moths in the Arctiidae family. Most part of species occur in India and Sri Lanka, 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
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