Coeliades

Coeliades is a genus of large skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in Subsaharan Africa. They are commonly known as policemen.

Species

Listed alphabetically.^[2]^[3]

Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884) – Senegal blue policeman
Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871) – one pip policeman
Coeliades bixana Evans, 1940 – dark blue policeman
Coeliades bocagii (Sharpe, 1893)
Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852) – blue policeman
Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867)
Coeliades fervida (Butler, 1880)
Coeliades fidia Evans, 1937
Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782]) – striped policeman
Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879) – western policeman, three pip policeman
Coeliades keithloa (Wallengren, 1857) – red tab policeman
Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875) – spotless policeman
Coeliades lorenzo Evans, 1947 – Lorenzo red tab policeman
Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793) – two pip policeman
Coeliades rama Evans, 1937
Coeliades ramanatek (Boisduval, 1833)
Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891) – coast policeman, ochreous-banded policeman

↑ Coeliades, Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
↑ Markku Savela. "Coeliades". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
↑ Williams, Mark (2008) Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region. An Encyclopedia. Seventh Edition. File 0.

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