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.

List of species

• Alcides agathyrsus <small>Kirsch, 1877 [syn.= A. boops (Westwood, 1879)]</small>
• Alcides aruus <small>Felder, 1874</small>
• Alcides aurora <small>Salvin & Godman, 1877</small>
• Alcides cydnus <small>Felder, 1859</small>
• Alcides latona <small>Druce, 1886</small>
• Alcides leone <small>Vinciguerra, 2007</small>
• Alcides metaurus <small>Hopffer, 1856 [syn.=A. zodiaca (Butler, 1869)]</small>
• Alcides orontes <small>Linnaeus, 1763</small>
• Alcides privitera <small>Vinciguerra, 2007</small>

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

• Alcides argyrios <small>Gmelin, 1788</small>
• Alcides arnus <small>Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874</small> (Probably misprint for aruus)
• Alcides coerulea <small>Pfeiff., 1925</small>
• Alcides latona <small>Druce, 1886 [vide supra]</small> vs. Alcides ribbei<small> [vide infra] </small>
• Alcides liris <small>Felder, 1860</small>
• Alcides pallida <small>Pfeiff., 1925</small>
• Alcides passavanti <small>Pfeiff., 1925</small>
• Alcides ribbei <small>Pagenstecher, 1912</small> (Perhaps junior synonym of Alcides latona?)
• Alcides sordidior <small>Rothschild, 1916</small>

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)