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, 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)