Coeliades

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

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

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

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

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 75