Selepa docilis Butler, 1881

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Higher taxa:	Nolidae (family)/  Eligminae (subfamily)/  Selepa (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Butler, 1881
Citation:	Selepa docilis, sp. n.
Original genus:	Selepa
Publication:	Butler A. G. 1881g. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Western India, Beloochistan, and Afghanistan.
Journal:	Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
Volume:	1881
Issue:	3
Pagination:	619
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759818

Selepa docilis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Syntype	♂	NHMUK	Syntypes 3♂, 3♀, NHMUK.	Pakistan	Pakistan, Sind, Karachi, leg. C. Swinhoe.

Distribution note:

Oriental: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: Iran.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Ghana		Frempong E. & Buahin G. K. A. 1977. Studies on the insect pests of egg plant, Solanum melongena L., in Ghana. page 627
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Kenya		Le Cerf F. 1922c. Voyage de Mr. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904–1905). Lépidoptères. Hétérocères. page 420
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Nigeria		Hampson G. F. 1912a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Volume XI. page 304
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Oman		Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. – In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page 196
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 159
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 93
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Sudan		Hampson G. F. 1912a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Volume XI. page 304
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	United Arab Emirates		Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page 558
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Yemen		Hacker H. H., Aulombard F., Bischof A., Bittermann J., Fibiger M. & Schreier H.-P. 2001. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000. page 610

Plant note:

See also B.-C. Zhang (1994).

Zhang B.-C. 1994. Index of economically important Lepidoptera.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Harungana madagascariensis	Clusiaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 188
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Solanum melongena	Solanaceae	Ghana	Frempong E. & Buahin G. K. A. 1977. Studies on the insect pests of egg plant, Solanum melongena L., in Ghana. page 627
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Solanum sodomeum	Solanaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 93
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Solanum sp.	Solanaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 188
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Undefined polyphagous	Undefined		Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). page 159

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Brachymeria risbeci	Chalcididae	Ghana	Frempong E. & Buahin G. K. A. 1977. Studies on the insect pests of egg plant, Solanum melongena L., in Ghana. page 634
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Euplectrus rufiventris	Eulophidae	Ghana	Frempong E. & Buahin G. K. A. 1977. Studies on the insect pests of egg plant, Solanum melongena L., in Ghana. page 634
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Icaria cincta	Vespidae	Ghana	Frempong E. & Buahin G. K. A. 1977. Studies on the insect pests of egg plant, Solanum melongena L., in Ghana. page 633
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Platynopiellus septendecimaculatus	Heteroptera: Asopidae	Ghana	Frempong E. & Buahin G. K. A. 1977. Studies on the insect pests of egg plant, Solanum melongena L., in Ghana. page 633 (as Platynopus rostratus)
Selepa docilis Butler, 1881	Polistes marginalis	Eumenidae	Ghana	Frempong E. & Buahin G. K. A. 1977. Studies on the insect pests of egg plant, Solanum melongena L., in Ghana. page 633

Selepa docilis (1)

Selepa docilis (2)

Selepa docilis (3)

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