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.
Dubatolov, V.V., 2011.: A new Olepa Watson, 1980 Species from South India (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Atalanta42 (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 France50: 9-22, Paris.
Orhant, G., 2000: Un nouvel Olepa de l'Inde (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae). Lambillionea100 (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.