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Chelis
Genus of tiger moth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Romanian village of Cheliş, see Suliţa.
Chelis is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. There are more than 30 described species in Chelis, found in the holarctic.[1][2][3]
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Chelis | |
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Chelis dahurica, Russia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Tribe: | Arctiini |
Subtribe: | Arctiina |
Genus: | Chelis Rambur, 1866 |
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As a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016, the genera Holoarctia, Neoarctia, Hyperborea have been merged with Chelis, and their species are now members of the genus Chelis.[2][3]