{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Olepa at Kadavoor.jpg | image_caption = ''Olepa'' sp. at Kerala, India | taxon = Olepa | authority = Watson, 1980 | type_species = ''Alope ocellifera'' | type_species_authority = Walker, 1855 | synonyms = *''Alope'' <small>Walker, 1855</small> }}
'''''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'' <small>(Swinhoe, 1885)</small> ** ''Olepa coromandelica'' <small>Dubatolov, 2011</small> ** ''Olepa koslandana'' <small>Orhant, 1986</small> ** ''Olepa neumuthi'' <small>Orhant, 2012</small> ** ''Olepa ricini'' <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small> ** ''Olepa schleini'' <small>Witt et al., 2005</small> ** ''Olepa toulgoeti'' <small>Orhant, 1986</small> *''ocellifera'' group ** ''Olepa anomi'' <small>Orhant, 1986</small> ** ''Olepa duboisi'' <small>Orhant, 1986</small> ** ''Olepa kakatii'' <small>Orhant, 2000</small> ** ''Olepa ocellifera'' <small>(Walker, 1855)</small>
==References== * {{aut|Dubatolov, V.V.}}, 2011.: A new ''Olepa'' Watson, 1980 Species from South India (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). ''Atalanta'' '''42''' (1/2): 136–137. * {{aut|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. * {{aut|Orhant, G.}}, 2000: Un nouvel ''Olepa'' de l'Inde (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae). ''Lambillionea'' '''100''' (2): 269–270, Bruxelles. *{{cite journal |first1=Thomas J. |last1=Witt |first2=Günter C. |last2=Müller |first3=Vasiliy D. |last3=Kravchenko |first4=Michael A. |last4=Miller |first5=Axel |last5=Hausmann |first6=Wolfgang |last6=Speidel |name-list-style=amp |date=2005 |url=http://www.zsm.mwn.de/docs_zsm/htdocs/lep/Olepa.pdf |title=A new ''Olepa'' species from Israel (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) |journal=Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen |volume=54 |issue=3/4 |pages=101–115}} *{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}} *{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/olepa/ |title=''Olepa'' Watson, 1980 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=September 27, 2019}}
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Category:Spilosomina Category:Moth genera
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