Genus of butterflies
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
References
- ^ 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.
