Coeliades is a genus of large skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in Subsaharan Africa. They are commonly known as policemen.
Species
Listed alphabetically.
- Coeliades aeschylus <small>(Plötz, 1884)</small> â Senegal blue policeman
- Coeliades anchises <small>(Gerstaecker, 1871)</small> â one pip policeman
- Coeliades bixana <small>Evans, 1940</small> â dark blue policeman
- Coeliades bocagii <small>(Sharpe, 1893)</small>
- Coeliades chalybe <small>(Westwood, 1852)</small> â blue policeman
- Coeliades ernesti <small>(Grandidier, 1867)</small>
- Coeliades fervida <small>(Butler, 1880)</small>
- Coeliades fidia <small>Evans, 1937</small>
- Coeliades forestan <small>(Stoll, [1782])</small> â striped policeman
- Coeliades iphis <small>(Drury, 1773)</small> (transfer from monotypic Pyrrhochalcia, per Zhang et al 2023).
- Coeliades hanno <small>(Plötz, 1879)</small> â western policeman, three pip policeman
- Coeliades keithloa <small>(Wallengren, 1857)</small> â red tab policeman
- Coeliades libeon <small>(Druce, 1875)</small> â spotless policeman
- Coeliades lorenzo <small>Evans, 1947</small> â Lorenzo red tab policeman
- Coeliades pisistratus <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small> â two pip policeman
- Coeliades rama <small>Evans, 1937</small>
- Coeliades ramanatek <small>(Boisduval, 1833)</small>
- Coeliades sejuncta <small>(Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)</small> â coast policeman, ochreous-banded policeman
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