Alcides

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Alcides
Alcidis agathyrsus.JPG
Alcides agathyrsus
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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

Current systematic and taxonomic knowledge of Genus Alcides is incomplete, so the status of some taxa remains uncertain, for example:

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