''Chelis glaphyra'' is a moth in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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 underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It was described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1843. It is found in eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the central Tien Shan and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

(Xinjiang). This species was moved from the genus ''Palearctia'' to ''

Chelis ''Chelis'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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 macr ...

'' as a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016.

Subspecies

* ''Chelis glaphyra glaphyra'' (eastern Kazakhstan) * ''Chelis glaphyra aksuensis'' O. Bang-Haas, 1927 (Kyrgyzstan, China: Xinjiang) * ''Chelis glaphyra dublitzkyi'' (O.Bang-Haas, 1927) (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) * ''Chelis glaphyra manni'' (Staudinger, 1881) (north-eastern Tien Shan)

References

* Moths described in 1843 Arctiina {{Arctiina-stub