Alcides
Sign in to saveAlcides 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.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyUraniidae
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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== Alcides agathyrsus Kirsch, 1877 [syn.= A. boops (Westwood, 1879)] Alcides aruus Felder, 1874 Alcides aurora Salvin & Godman, 1877 Alcides cydnus Felder, 1859 Alcides latona Druce, 1886 Alcides leone Vinciguerra, 2007 Alcides metaurus Hopffer, 1856 [syn.=A. zodiaca (Butler, 1869)] Alcides orontes Linnaeus, 1763 Alcides privitera Vinciguerra, 2007