''Chelis gracilis'' 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 Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov in 1996. It is found in the

Chatkal Mountains Chatkal Range is a range in the Western Tian Shan that borders Ferghana Valley from northwest. The length of the range is 225 km, and it is up to 30 km wide. The highest peak is Avletim (4503 m elevation). Northern slopes are steep and sh ...

and Kyrgyzstan. 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 gracilis gracilis'' * ''Chelis gracilis arcana'' (Plustsch & Dolin, 2000) (Kyrgyzstan)

References

* Moths described in 1996 Arctiina {{Arctiina-stub