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Chelis erschoffii

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Chelis erschoffii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Chelis
Species:
C. erschoffii
Binomial name
Chelis erschoffii
(Alphéraky, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Palearctia erschoffii (Alphéraky, 1882)
  • Arctia erschoffii Alphéraky, 1882
  • Arctia erschoffii erschoffii
  • Arctia erschoffii issyka Staudinger, 1887
  • Micrarctia kindermanni korlana O.Bang-Haas, 1927
  • Arctia erschoffii selmonsi Böttcher, 1905

Chelis erschoffii is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Sergei Alphéraky in 1882. It is found in Central Asia (Chatkal, Sussamyr, Kirghizskii Alatau, Kungei Alatau, Terskei Alatau, Nary, Sarydzhaz, Trans-Ili, Xinjiang, Julduz).[1]

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

Subspecies

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  • Chelis erschoffii erschoffii (Tien Shan)
  • Chelis erschoffii miranda Plustsch & Dolin, 2000 (Kyrgyzstan)
  • Chelis erschoffii sarydzhasica Plustsch & Dolin, 2000 (Kyrgyzstan)
  • Chelis erschoffii selmonsi (Böttcher, 1905) (Inner Tien Shan)

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Palearctia erschoffii (Alphéraky, 1882)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  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.
  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.