Alcides

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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)

}}

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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Current systematic and taxonomic knowledge of Genus Alcides is incomplete, so

the status of some taxa remains uncertain including for example,

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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Category:Uraniidae

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