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| Alcides agathyrsus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Uraniidae |
| Genus: | Alcides |
| Species: | A. agathyrsus |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcides agathyrsus (Kirsch, 1877) | |
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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.
References
[edit]- (in German) Original description: Kirsch, 1877. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Lepidopteren-Fauna von Neu-Guinea
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