Chelis gratiosa explained

Chelis gratiosa is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1890. It is found in the western Tien Shan, the Pamir-Alay, Kyrgyzstan, Turkestan, Hissar, Trans-Alai, the Pamir Mountains, Pakistan, Kashmir and western China.^[1]

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

Subspecies

• Chelis gratiosa gratiosa (Alai, Tajikistan, north-western Pamirs)
• Chelis gratiosa caroli Dubatolov, 1996 (Chatkal, Kirghizskii Alatau)
• Chelis gratiosa flavoala Dubatolov, 1996 (Zeravshan, Turkestan, mountain ranges of Hissar)
• Chelis gratiosa kashmirica Ferguson, 1985 (Kashmir)
• Chelis gratiosa lochmatteri (Reich, 1933) (Pakistan: Karakorum)
• Chelis gratiosa postflavida (Hampson, 1894) (Kashmir)
• Chelis gratiosa rupicola (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) (eastern Trans-Alai, eastern and south-western Pamirs)
• Chelis gratiosa sarezica Dubatolov & Gurko, 2003 (Tajikistan)
• Chelis gratiosa sarycola de Freina, 1997 (Sarykol Mountains)
• Chelis gratiosa sergei Dubatolov, 1996 (south-eastern Terskei Alatau)

References

• Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . amp . Search results Family: Arctiidae . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Palearctia gratiosa (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 9, 2019.