Hypselodoris yarae is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.

It is also known from Kenya and possibly South Africa, Sri Lanka and the Red Sea.

It was previously reported from the Indian Ocean as Hypselodoris maculosa, a species from the Western Pacific.

Between the lines at irregular intervals there are slightly diffuse red spots with darker centres and a tendency to become purple at the edges.

[1] This species was named in honor of Yara Tibiriçá, who has greatly contributed to the advance of nudibranch research in the western Indian Ocean [1][4]