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Chelis mira

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Chelis mira
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. mira
Binomial name
Chelis mira
(Dubatolov & Tshistjakov, 1989)
Synonyms
  • Palearctia mira Dubatolov & Tshistjakov, 1989

Chelis mira is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Vladimir Viktorovitch Dubatolov and Yuri A. Tshistjakov in 1989. It is found in the south-eastern Altai Mountains (the Kuraiskii Range).[1]

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

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Palearctia mira Dubatolov & Tshistjakov, 1989". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  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.