Olepa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus: Olepa
Subgenera: O. (Cornutia) – O. (Olepa) – O. (Orhanta) – O. (Pseudoclavatus) – O. (Pseudoolepa) – O. (Ricinia)
ocellifera species group

Species: O. anomi – O. duboisi – O. kakatii – O. ocellifera
ricini species group

Species: O. clavatus – O. coromandelica – O. koslandana – O. neumuthi – O. ricini – O. schleini – O. toulgoeti
Name

Olepa Watson, 1980

Type species: Alope 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.E.R.J., 1986: Deuxieme contribution a l’etude des lépidoptères heteroceres du sud-est Asiatique (1.) Le complexe d’especes ‘ricini Fabricius’ (Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Bulletin Soc. Sci. Nat. No 50: 9–22.
Orhant, G.E.R.J., 2000: A new Olepa from India (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae). Lambillionea C juin: 269–270.
Orhant, G.E.R.J., 2012: Olepa neumuthi espèce nouvelle de Thaïlande (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Mulhouse 68 (4): 61–64.
Singh, N. & Kirti, J.S. 2013. Review of genus Olepa Watson (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Tinea 22(4): 272–278. Reference page.
Witt, Thomas J. et al., 2005: A new Olepa from Israel (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 54 (3/4): 101–115. Full article: [1]

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.
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.