| Coeliades keithloa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Coeliades |
| Species: | C. keithloa |
| Binomial name | |
| Coeliades keithloa (Wallengren, 1857)[1] |
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The Red Tab Policeman (Coeliades keithloa) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Ethiopia south to South Africa.
The wingspan is 58-64 mm for males and 61-66 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round in warmer areas with peaks in late summer and autumn in southern Africa[2].
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Barringtonia racemosa, Acridocarpus natalitius, Acridocarpus zanzibaricus, Acridocarpus glaucescens, Acridocarpus ristalitius, Dregea, Combretum and Byrsocarpus species.