''Alcides'' is a genus of uraniid moths from northern Australia,

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, and other islands in the region. They are diurnal and strongly marked with iridescent colours.

List of species

* '' Alcides agathyrsus'' Kirsch, 1877 yn.= A. boops (Westwood, 1879)/small> * '' Alcides aruus'' Felder, 1874 * ''

Alcides aurora ''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 yn.= A. boops ...

'' Salvin & Godman, 1877 * '' Alcides cydnus'' Felder, 1859 * ''

Alcides latona ''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 yn.= A. boops ...

'' Druce, 1886 * '' Alcides leone'' Vinciguerra, 2007 * ''

Alcides metaurus ''Alcides metaurus'' is a moth of the family Uraniidae. It is known from the tropical north of Queensland, Australia.yn.=A. zodiaca (Butler, 1869)/small> * ''

Alcides orontes ''Alcides orontes'' is a moth of the family Uraniidae. It is known from the Maluku Islands The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on ...

'' Linnaeus, 1763 * ''

Alcides privitera ''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 yn.= A. boops ...

'' 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 ''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 yn.= A. boops ...

'' Gmelin, 1788 * ''

Alcides arnus ''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 yn.= A. boops ...

'' Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 (Probably misprint for aruus) * ''

Alcides coerulea ''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 yn.= A. boops ...

'' Pfeiff., 1925 * ''

'' Druce, 1886 'vide supra''/small> vs. ''

Alcides ribbei ''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 yn.= A. boops ...

'' 'vide infra'' * ''

Alcides liris ''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 yn.= A. boops ...

'' Felder, 1860 * ''

Alcides pallida ''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 yn.= A. boops ...

'' Pfeiff., 1925 * ''

Alcides passavanti ''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 yn.= A. boops ...

'' Pfeiff., 1925 * ''

'' Pagenstecher, 1912 (Perhaps junior synonym of ''

''?) * '' Alcides sordidior'' Rothschild, 1916

References

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* 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
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