Alcides Explained

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 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, sothe 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)