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Alcides
Family Uraniidae
Kingdom Animalia
Order Lepidoptera
Distribution southeast asia
Number of Species
Alternative Names
Regional Names


alcides is a genus of moth they feed on omphalea and endospernum.they are native to papua new guinea and its surrounding islands.

species[]

  • Alcides agathyrsus Kirsch, 1877 (New Guinea)
  • Alcides argyrios Gmelin, 1788
  • Alcides arnus Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Alcides aruus Felder, 1874 (Aru I.)
  • Alcides aurora Salvin & Godman, 1877 (New Britain, New Ireland)
  • Alcides boops Westwood, 1879
  • Alcides cydnus Felder, 1859 (Maluku)
  • Alcides latona Druce, 1886 (Solomons)
  • Alcides liris Felder, 1860 (New Guinea)
  • Alcides metaurus (Hopffer, 1856) (Australia)
  • Alcides orontes (Linnaeus, 1763) (Moluccas, Ambon Island)
  • Alcides ribbei Pagenstecher, 1912
  • Alcides sordidior Rothschild, 1916
  • Alcides zodiaca (Butler, 1869) (Australia)