Coeliades

Coeliades
	File:Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867).jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Coeliadinae
Genus:	Coeliades ; Hübner, 1818
Species
	see text
Synonyms
	Rhopalocampta Wallengren, 1857;

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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
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↑ Williams, Mark (2008) Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region. An Encyclopedia. Seventh Edition. File 0.

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