Alcides

Alcides
	Alcides agathyrsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Uraniidae
Subfamily:	Uraniinae
Genus:	; 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

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)