Chelis gratiosa is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1890. It is found in the western Tien Shan, the Pamir-Alay, Kyrgyzstan, Turkestan, Hissar, Trans-Alai, the Pamir Mountains, Pakistan, Kashmir and western China.
This species was moved from the genus Palearctia to Chelis as a result of phylogenetic research published in 2016.
Subspecies
- Chelis gratiosa gratiosa (Alai, Tajikistan, north-western Pamirs)
- Chelis gratiosa caroli <small>Dubatolov, 1996</small> (Chatkal, Kirghizskii Alatau)
- Chelis gratiosa flavoala <small>Dubatolov, 1996</small> (Zeravshan, Turkestan, mountain ranges of Hissar)
- Chelis gratiosa kashmirica <small>Ferguson, 1985</small> (Kashmir)
- Chelis gratiosa lochmatteri <small>(Reich, 1933)</small> (Pakistan: Karakorum)
- Chelis gratiosa postflavida <small>(Hampson, 1894)</small> (Kashmir)
- Chelis gratiosa rupicola <small>(Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)</small> (eastern Trans-Alai, eastern and south-western Pamirs)
- Chelis gratiosa sarezica <small>Dubatolov & Gurko, 2003</small> (Tajikistan)
- Chelis gratiosa sarycola <small>de Freina, 1997</small> (Sarykol Mountains)
- Chelis gratiosa sergei <small>Dubatolov, 1996</small> (south-eastern Terskei Alatau)
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