Chelis marxi

Chelis marxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Chelis
Species:	C. marxi
Binomial name
	Chelis marxi; (O. Bang-Haas, 1927)
Synonyms
	Palearctia marxi(O. Bang-Haas, 1927); Micrarctia kindermanni marxiO. Bang-Haas, 1927;

Last updated December 28, 2025

Chelis marxi is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1927. It is found in Himachal Pradesh, India.^[1]

This species was moved from the genus Palearctia to Chelis as a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Savela, Markku. "Palearctia marxi (Bang-Haas, 1927)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 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 marxi (Bang-Haas, 1927)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 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 .

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