Alcides

Alcides

Alcides agathyrsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Uraniidae
Subfamily:	Uraniinae
Genus:	Alcides Hübner, 1822
Synonyms
Alcidia Westwood, 1879 Orontes Swainson, 1833 Alcidis Hübner, 1823 (lapsus)

This article is about Alcides (moth). For other uses, see Alcides (disambiguation).

Alcides is a genus of uraniid moths from northern Australia, New Guinea, and other islands in the region. They are diurnal and strongly marked with iridescent colours.

List of species

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Alcides agathyrsus Kirsch, 1877
Alcides metaurus
Alcides orontes (Linnaeus, 1763)
Alcides aurora
Alcides cydnus
Alcides latona

References

Biolib

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