Chalepus is a genus of tortoise beetles and hispines in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 90 described species in Chalepus.

Species: These 98 species belong to the genus Chalepus:

• Chalepus acuticornis (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus aeneicollis Uhmann, 1930
• Chalepus aenescens Weise, 1910
• Chalepus alternevittatus Pic, 1932
• Chalepus amabilis Baly, 1885
• Chalepus amiculus Baly, 1885
• Chalepus angulosus Baly, 1885
• Chalepus asperifrons (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus assmanni Uhmann, 1936
• Chalepus aurantiacicollis Pic, 1931
• Chalepus bacchus (Newman, 1840)
• Chalepus badeni (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus balli Uhmann, 1936
• Chalepus basilaris (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus bellulus (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus bicolor (Olivier, 1792)
• Chalepus bicoloriceps Pic, 1931
• Chalepus binotaticollis Pic, 1931
• Chalepus bivittatus Pic, 1932
• Chalepus breveapicalis Pic, 1931
• Chalepus brevicornis (Baly, 1885)
• Chalepus caracasensis Pic, 1931
• Chalepus cautus Weise, 1911
• Chalepus cincticollis Weise, 1905
• Chalepus clypeatus Baly, 1885
• Chalepus consanguineus Baly, 1885
• Chalepus consimilis Weise, 1905
• Chalepus cordiger (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus cyanescens Spaeth, 1937
• Chalepus cyanicornis Spaeth, 1937
• Chalepus deborrei (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus digressus Baly, 1885
• Chalepus dorni Uhmann, 1930
• Chalepus erosus Uhmann, 1948
• Chalepus flaveolus (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus flexuosus (Guérin-Méneville in Cuvier, 1844)
• Chalepus forticornis Weise, 1905
• Chalepus garleppi Uhmann, 1939
• Chalepus generosus Baly, 1885
• Chalepus germaini Pic, 1931
• Chalepus guatemalanus Pic, 1934
• Chalepus hepburni Baly, 1885
• Chalepus horni Baly, 1885
• Chalepus lateralis Baly, 1885
• Chalepus lineola (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus longehumeralis Pic, 1931
• Chalepus marginatus Baly, 1885
• Chalepus marginiventris (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus modestus Weise, 1911
• Chalepus monilicornis Weise, 1910
• Chalepus nigripictus Baly, 1885
• Chalepus nigrithorax Pic, 1931
• Chalepus nigrovirens (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus notula (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus obidosensis Pic, 1929
• Chalepus panici Uhmann, 1950
• Chalepus parananus Pic, 1927
• Chalepus pauli Pic, 1932
• Chalepus perplexus (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus pici Descarpentries & Villiers, 1959
• Chalepus picturatus Spaeth, 1937
• Chalepus plebeius (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus porosus (Germar, 1824)
• Chalepus pullus Weise, 1905
• Chalepus pusillus Weise, 1910
• Chalepus putzeysi (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus quadricostatus (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus ruficollis Pic, 1932
• Chalepus rufiventris (Suffrian, 1868)
• Chalepus sanguinicollis (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Chalepus sanguinipennis Uhmann, 1930
• Chalepus schmidti Uhmann, 1935
• Chalepus scutellaris Pic, 1931
• Chalepus scutellatus Uhmann, 1931
• Chalepus selectus Weise, 1911
• Chalepus similatus Baly, 1885
• Chalepus subcordiger Uhmann, 1935
• Chalepus subhumeralis Baly, 1885
• Chalepus submarginatus Pic, 1932
• Chalepus submetallicus Pic, 1931
• Chalepus subparallelus Baly, 1885
• Chalepus tappesi (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus testaceiceps Pic, 1931
• Chalepus teutonicus Uhmann, 1943
• Chalepus titschacki Uhmann, 1931
• Chalepus trivittatus Pic, 1932
• Chalepus verticalis (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus vicinalis Baly, 1885
• Chalepus viduus Weise, 1905
• Chalepus walshii (Crotch, 1873)
• Chalepus weyersi (Chapuis, 1877)
• Chalepus wygodzinskyi Uhmann, 1951
• Chalepus yucatanus Champion, 1894

Species incertae sedis: 

• Chalepus atricornis (Say, 1835) (Mexico)
• Chalepus circumcinctus Weise, 1910 (Ecuador)
• Chalepus ventralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) (Bolivia)

Fossil species: 

• Chalepus americanus (Wickham, 1914) (described as Odontota americanus) from Colorado.

Selected former species: 

• Chalepus aeneiceps Pic, 1937
• Chalepus dorsalis
• Chalepus lineatus