Chelis variabilis

Chelis variabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chelis
Species:
C. variabilis
Binomial name
Chelis variabilis
(Daniel, 1966)
Synonyms
  • Palearctia variabilis (Daniel, 1966)
  • Micrarctia variabilis Daniel, 1966

Chelis variabilis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1966. It is found in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan.

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

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Palearctia Ferguson, 1984". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  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.
  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.