Alcides agathyrsus

Alcides agathyrsus
ventral surface
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Genus: Alcides
Species:
A. agathyrsus
Binomial name
Alcides agathyrsus
(Kirsch, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Nyctalemon agathyrsus Kirsch, 1877

Alcides agathyrsus is a species of poisonous day-flying moth of the family Uraniidae. It is found from Indonesia to New Guinea. The butterfly Papilio laglaizei is a Batesian mimic of this moth.

dorsal surface

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