Alcides
{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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| image = Alcidis agathyrsus.JPG
| image_caption = Alcides agathyrsus
| taxon = Alcides
| authority = Hübner, 1822
| synonyms =
- Alcidia Westwood, 1879
- Orontes Swainson, 1833
- Alcidis Hübner, 1823 (lapsus)
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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
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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
References
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- [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id128998/ 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). [https://doi.org/10.4081/fe.2007.126/ DOI:doi.org/10.4081/fe.2007.126] (accessed Sep 10,2019)
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