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.

Alcides
Alcides agathyrsus
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Alcides

Hübner, 1822
Synonyms
  • Alcidia Westwood, 1879
  • Orontes Swainson, 1833
  • Alcidis Hübner, 1823 (lapsus)

List of species

  • 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

    • 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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