Genus Chelis Rambur, 1866: 256
Type species: Phalaena maculosa [Denis & Schiffermuller], l775
= Cletis Kirby, 1892: 263
= Neoarctia Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893: 141
= Tancrea Püngeler, 1898: 57
= Hyperborea Grum-Grshimailo, [1900] 1899: 464
= Palearctia Ferguson, 1984: 454
= Holoarctia Ferguson, 1984: 452
= Sibirarctia Dubatolov, 1987: 36
= Centrarctia Dubatolov, 1990: 157