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Alcides
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Alcides

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.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

North Queensland Day Moth

speciesAlcides metaurus

Alcides aruus

speciesAlcides aruus

Alcides agathyrsus

speciesAlcides agathyrsus

Alcides aurora

speciesAlcides aurora

Alcides cydnus

speciesAlcides cydnus

Alcides orontes

speciesAlcides orontes

Alcides latona

speciesAlcides latona

Alcides leone

speciesAlcides leone

Alcides liris

speciesAlcides liris

Alcides ribbei

speciesAlcides ribbei

Alcides costipennis

speciesAlcides costipennis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 201900.