Alcides

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.

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

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)

List of species
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  • 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

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

  • Alcides argyrios Gmelin, 1788
  • Alcides arnus Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 (Probably misprint for aruus)
  • Alcides coerulea Pfeiff., 1925
  • Alcides latona Druce, 1886 [vide supra] vs. Alcides ribbei [vide infra]
  • Alcides liris Felder, 1860
  • Alcides pallida Pfeiff., 1925
  • Alcides passavanti Pfeiff., 1925
  • Alcides ribbei Pagenstecher, 1912 (Perhaps junior synonym of Alcides latona?)
  • Alcides sordidior Rothschild, 1916
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References
    • Biolib
    • Vinciguerra, Roberto. Osservatione sul Genere Alcides Hübner (1822) e descrizione di due nuove specie dell’Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Uraniidae). Fragmenta entomologica, Roma, 39 (2): 299-309 (2007). DOI:doi.org/10.4081/fe.2007.126 (accessed Sep 10,2019)


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