Chelis variabilis

Chelis variabilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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 variabilisDaniel, 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. ^[1]

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

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 .
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.

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