''Chelis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of tiger moths in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

. There are more than 30 described species in ''Chelis'', found in the

holarctic The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...

. 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 dubatolovi'' (Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2005) * '' 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 marinae '' (Dubatolov, 1985) * '' 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 ''Chelis wagneri'' is a moth in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-kno ...

'' (Püngeler, 1918)

Species

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