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);

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
Alcides aurora Salvin & Godman, 1877
Alcides cydnus
Alcides latona
Alcides metaurus (Hopffer, 1856)
Alcides orontes (Linnaeus, 1763)

References

Biolib

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