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.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Uraniidae |
Genus: | Alcides |
Species: | A. agathyrsus
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Binomial name | |
Alcides agathyrsus (Kirsch, 1877)
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References
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