Olepa duboisi

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Olepa duboisi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Olepa
Species:
O. duboisi
Binomial name
Olepa duboisi
Orhant, 1986

Olepa duboisi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Orhant in 1986. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Olepa duboisi Orhant, 1986". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  2. 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.