Alcides José Saldanha
''Alcides'' is a genus of Uraniidae, uraniid moths from northern Australia, New Guinea, and other islands in the region. They are Diurnality, 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 i ...
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Alcides Agathyrsus
''Alcides agathyrsus'' is a species of day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae. It is found from Indonesia to New Guinea. The butterfly '' Papilio laglaizei'' is a Batesian mimic Batesian mimicry is a form of mimicry where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both. It is named after the English naturalist Henry Walter Bates, after his work on bu ... of this moth. References (in German) Original description: Kirsch, 1877. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Lepidopteren-Fauna von Neu-Guinea * Lepidoptera of New Guinea Uraniidae Moths described in 1877 {{Geometroidea-stub ...
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