Chelis sordida is a moth of the family Erebidae.

It is found in the mountains of Alberta and British Columbia and possibly Yukon and Alaska.

The habitat consists of dry rocky alpine tundra.

Adults are on wing from July to mid-August.

[1] This species was formerly a member of the genus Holoarctia, but was moved to Chelis along with the other species of the genera Holoarctia, Neoarctia, and Hyperborea.