- Coeliades
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Coeliades Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Hesperiidae Subfamily: Coeliadinae Genus: Coeliades
Hübner, 1818[1]Species see text
Synonyms - Rhopalocampta Wallengren, 1857
Coeliades is a genus of large skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in Subsaharan Africa. They are commonly known as policemen.
Species
Listed alphabetically.[2]
- Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884)
- Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871) – One Pip Policeman
- Coeliades bixana Evans, 1940
- 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
- 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
References
- ^ Coeliades, Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- ^ Markku Savela. "Coeliades". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/coeliadinae/coeliades/index.html. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
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