Chelis gracilis

Chelis gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Chelis
Species:	C. gracilis
Binomial name
	Chelis gracilis; (Dubatolov, 1996)
Synonyms
	Palearctia gracilis Dubatolov, 1996; Palearctia erschoffi miranda Plustsch & Dolin, 2000; Palearctia erschoffi arcana Plustsch & Dolin, 2000;

Chelis gracilis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1996. It is found in the Chatkal Mountains and Kyrgyzstan.

This species was moved from the genus Palearctia to Chelis as a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016.

Subspecies

Chelis gracilis gracilis
Chelis gracilis arcana (Plustsch & Dolin, 2000) (Kyrgyzstan)

References

↑ Savela, Markku. "Palearctia gracilis Dubatolov, 1996". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
↑ Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.
↑ Saldaitis, Aidas; Volynkin, Anton V. (2020). "On the taxonomy of the Chelis glaphyra (Eversmann, 1843) speciesgroup, with description of a new subspecies of Chelis gratiosa (GrumGrshimailo, 1890) from Kyrgyzstan, brachipterous females of Chelis kashmirica (Ferguson, 1985) and Chelis golbecki...". Ecologica Montenegrina. 38. doi:10.37828/em.2020.38.7.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Palearctia gracilis Dubatolov, 1996". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 17, 2018.

[Rönkä2016-2] Rönkä, Katja; Mappes, Johanna; Kaila, Lauri; Wahlberg, Niklas (2016). "Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 41 (4): 844–853. doi:10.1111/syen.12194. hdl:10138/176841.

[Saldaitis2020-3] Saldaitis, Aidas; Volynkin, Anton V. (2020). "On the taxonomy of the Chelis glaphyra (Eversmann, 1843) speciesgroup, with description of a new subspecies of Chelis gratiosa (GrumGrshimailo, 1890) from Kyrgyzstan, brachipterous females of Chelis kashmirica (Ferguson, 1985) and Chelis golbecki...". Ecologica Montenegrina. 38. doi:10.37828/em.2020.38.7.