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''Chelis'' is a genus of
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. There are more than 30 described species in ''Chelis'', found in the holarctic. As a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016, the genera ''Holoarctia'', ''Neoarctia'', ''Hyperborea'' have been merged with ''Chelis'', and their species are now members of the genus ''Chelis''.


Species

These species belong to the genus ''Chelis'': * '' Chelis ammosovi'' (Dubatolov & Gurko, 2002) * '' Chelis arragonensis'' (Staudinger, 1894) * '' Chelis beanii'' (Neumögen, 1891) (Bean's tiger) * '' Chelis brucei'' (Edwards, 1888) * '' Chelis buraetica'' (Bang-Haas, 1927) * '' Chelis caecilia'' (Kindermann, 1853) * '' Chelis cantabrica'' * '' Chelis cecilia'' (Kindermann, 1853) * '' Chelis cervini'' (Fallou, 1864) * '' Chelis czekanowskii'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1899) * '' Chelis dahurica'' (Boisduval, 1832) * '' Chelis erschoffii'' (Alpheraky, 1882) * '' Chelis ferghana'' (Staudinger, 1887) * '' Chelis glaphyra'' (Eversmann, 1843) * '' Chelis golbecki'' (Dubatolov, 1996) * '' Chelis gracilis'' (Dubatolov, 1996) * '' Chelis gratiosa'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) * '' Chelis hauensteini'' (Kautt, 1996) * '' Chelis kashmirica'' (Ferguson, 1985) * '' Chelis kindermanni'' (Staudinger, 1867) * '' Chelis lafontainei'' (Ferguson, 1985) * '' Chelis maculosa'' (Gerning, 1780) * '' Chelis marxi'' (O. Bang-Haas, 1927) * '' Chelis mira'' (Dubatolov & Tshistjakov, 1989) * '' Chelis mongolica'' (Alpheraky, 1888) * '' Chelis mustangbhoti'' (Daniel, 1961) * '' Chelis pardalina'' (Pungeler, 1898) * '' Chelis puengeleri'' (Bang-Haas, 1927) * '' Chelis rasa'' (Saldaitis, Ivinskis & Churkin, 2000) * '' Chelis reticulata'' (Christoph, 1887) * '' Chelis simplonica'' (Boisduval, 1840) * '' Chelis sordida'' (McDunnough, 1921) * '' Chelis strigulosa'' (Böttcher, 1905) * '' Chelis turkestana'' (Dubatolov, 1996) * '' Chelis variabilis'' (Daniel, 1966) * '' Chelis wagneri'' (Püngeler, 1918)


References


Further reading

* * , 1988: A species review of the genus ''Chelis'' Rbr. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) from the fauna of the U.S.S.R. ''In'': ''Taxonomy of animals of Siberia'': 80-98, Nauka, Siberian Department: Novosibirsk. (Series “New and little known species of Siberian fauna”, No 20) (in Russian).
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