Taxonomic Information
Olepa ricini is a species complex comprising of seven different species. Images shown are representive of the group.
List of Olepa Watson, 1980 known from India (Singh et al. 2021).
Olepa (Cornutia) coromandelica Dubatolov, 2011. India (Tamil Nadu).
Olepa (Olepa) duboisi Orhant, 1986. India (Kerala).
Olepa (Olepa) kakatii Orhant, 2000. India (Assam).
Olepa (Olepa) ocellifera (Walker, 1855). India (India, Indian Himalayas, Assam).
Olepa(Olepa) suryamal Kalawate, 2020. India (Maharashtra).
Olepa (Olepa) suryamal rekhae Kalawate, 2020. India (Maharashtra).
Olepa(Olepa) zedesi Kalawate, 2020. India (Maharashtra).
Olepa (Orhanta) ghatmatha Kalawate, 2020, India (Maharashtra).
Olepa (Orhanta) koslandana Orhant, 1986. India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (Coromandel Coast), Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand); Sri Lanka.
Olepa (Pseudoolepa) clavatus (Swinhoe, 1885). India (Maharashtra, South India).
Olepa (Pseudoolepa) nigerclavatus N. Singh & Kirti, 2016. India (Maharashtra).
Olepa (Pseudoolepa) toulgoeti Orhant, 1986. India (South India).
Olepa (Ricinia) ricini (Fabricius, 1775). India (Throughout India, Nicobar).
Olepa (Ricinia) schleini Witt, Müller, Kravchenko, Miller, Hausmann & Speidel, 2005. India (Maharashtra) (Kalawate et al. 2020).
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Chhattisgarh | 8 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||
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| Maharashtra | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
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| Uttarakhand | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 7 |
Olepa ricini (Fabricius, 1775): Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Campsis grandiflora (Bignoniaceae), Coccinia grandis (Cucurbitaceae), Elettaria cardamomum (Zingiberaceae), Helianthus annuus, Tithonia diversifolia (Compositae),Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), Musa acuminata (Musaceae), Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Senna obtusifolia (Fabaceae), Sesamum indicum (Pedaliaceae), Zea mays (Poaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010). Plumeria rubra (Apocynaceae) (Pers. Obs., Pradyut, B. 2024)
- Witt, T. J, G. C. Muller, V. D. K Ravchenko, M. A. Miller, A. Hausmann & W. Speidel. 2005. A new Olepa species.
- Kalawate, A.S., Dinesh, K.P. & Shabnam, A. 2020. DNA barcoding unravels three new species and a subspecies of Olepa Watson, 1980 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from India, with morphotypes. Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 019 (2), 044–060. https://doi.org/10.12976/jib/2020.19.2.2
- Kalawate, A.S., Pawara, S., Shabnam, A. & Dinesh, K.P. 2020. DNA barcode reveals the occurrence of Palearctc Olepa schleini Wit et al., 2005 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctinae) from peninsular India with morphological variatons and a new subspecies. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12 (9), 16143–16152.
- Singh, N. ,Joshi, R.,Kirti, J. S.,Bisht, S. S., & H. S. Param. 2021. A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 5058 (1): 001–118.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Olepa ricini (Fabricius, 1775) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/olepa-ricini, accessed 2025/04/25.