Jordanita chloros is a moth of the Zygaenidae family. It is found from southern France, Italy and south-eastern Switzerland through southern, central and eastern Europe to the Caucasus, Turkey, northern Syria and northern Iraq. It is also found in eastern Kazakhstan and southern Sibiria.

The length of the forewings is 7.8-12.8 mm for males and 7.6-11.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from mid June to August.

The larvae of ssp. chloros have been recorded feeding on Centaurea paniculata in France, Centaurea stoebe in Germany and Centaurea maculosa in Switzerland and northern Italy. In Austria and Hungary, the larvae feed on Centaurea scabiosa, Centaurea jacea and Centaurea triumfetti, while Carduus uncinutus, Carduus arabicus, Carduus salonitana and Jurinea sordida are the foodplants in Ukraine. Larvae of ssp. hades feed on Staehelenia uniflosculosa in Greece.

Pupation takes place in a white cocoon at the ground.

• Jordanita chloros chloros (Europe except the Balkan Peninsula
• Jordanita chloros hades (Alberti, 1970) (the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece)
• Jordanita chloros haegeri (Alberti, 1973) (Caucasus)

The name of the species is derived from the Greek χλωρός (meaning bright green).

• C. M. Naumann, W. G. Tremewan: The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae. Apollo Books, Stenstrup 1999, ISBN 8788757153

• Lepiforum e. V.