Coeliades

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

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