''Chelis gratiosa'' 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

Grigory Grum-Grshimailo Grigory Yefimovich Grum-Grshimailo (russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Грумм-Гржима́йло, 1860–1936) was a Russian zoologist best known for his expeditions to Central Asia (Pamir, Bukhara, Tian-Shan, Kan-su, and Kuku ...

in 1890. It is found in the western Tien Shan, the Pamir-Alay, Kyrgyzstan, Turkestan, Hissar, Trans-Alai, the

Pamir Mountains The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range between Central Asia and Pakistan. It is located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among the world ...

, Pakistan,

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and western

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. 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 gratiosa gratiosa'' (Alai, Tajikistan, north-western Pamirs) * ''Chelis gratiosa caroli'' Dubatolov, 1996 (Chatkal, Kirghizskii Alatau) * ''Chelis gratiosa flavoala'' Dubatolov, 1996 (Zeravshan, Turkestan, mountain ranges of Hissar) * ''Chelis gratiosa kashmirica'' Ferguson, 1985 (Kashmir) * ''Chelis gratiosa lochmatteri'' (Reich, 1933) (Pakistan: Karakorum) * ''Chelis gratiosa postflavida'' (Hampson, 1894) (Kashmir) * ''Chelis gratiosa rupicola'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) (eastern Trans-Alai, eastern and south-western Pamirs) * ''Chelis gratiosa sarezica'' Dubatolov & Gurko, 2003 (Tajikistan) * ''Chelis gratiosa sarycola'' de Freina, 1997 (Sarykol Mountains) * ''Chelis gratiosa sergei'' Dubatolov, 1996 (south-eastern Terskei Alatau)

References

* Moths described in 1890 Arctiina {{Arctiina-stub