Olulis megalopis Hampson, 1926 -

Taxonomic Information

Olulis Walker, 1863 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Olulis lactigutta (Hampson, 1907). Sri Lanka.
Olulis puncticinctalis Walker, 1863. India: Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, Andaman Is.; Sri Lanka. 
Olulis megalopis Hampson, 1926. India: Meghalaya. New record for India. 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
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Mizoram
Nagaland
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Pondicherry
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Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
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Uttarakhand
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  1. Olulis megalopis Hampson, 1926. Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History), pg. 479. TL: Singapore. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50904130#page/489/mode/1up
  2. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pl. 16/46. 
  3. Joshi, R., Zahiri, R., Banerjee, D. and Singh, N., 2025. A catalogue of the Erebidae of India (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Zootaxa, 5635(1), pp.1-247.
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1338985-Olulis-megalopis

New record for India. 

Page citation

Anonymous 2025. Olulis megalopis Hampson, 1926 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/olulis-megalopis, accessed 2025/10/18.