Alcides metaurus Hopffer, 1856 is a animal in the Uraniidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Alcides metaurus Hopffer, 1856
Alcides metaurus is a species found in Queensland and around New Guinea with a 100 mm wingspan whose larvae feed on Euphorbiaceae.
Alcides metaurus Hopffer, 1856 has a wingspan of approximately 100 mm. Its larvae feed on multiple species from the plant family Euphorbiaceae, which include Endospermum medullosum, Endospermum myrmecophilum, and Omphalea queenslandiae. This species occurs in Queensland and the area around New Guinea.
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Micronia aculeata Guenée, 1857
Acropteris ciniferaria (Walker, 1866)
Urania leilus Linnaeus, 1758
Antiplecta triangularis Warren, 1906
Dysaethria quadricaudata (Walker, 1861)
Phazaca leucocera (Hampson, 1891)
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