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Alcides agathyrsus

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Alcides agathyrsus
ventral surface
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Uraniidae
Genus:
Alcides
Species:
A. agathyrsus
Binomial name
Alcides agathyrsus
(Kirsch, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Nyctalemon agathyrsus Kirsch, 1877

Alcides agathyrsus is a species of day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae. It is found from Indonesia to New Guinea. The butterfly Papilio laglaizei is a Batesian mimic of this moth.

dorsal surface

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