Coeliades anchises
| One Pip Policeman | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Coeliades |
| Species: | C. anchises |
| Binomial name | |
| Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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The One Pip Policeman (Coeliades anchises) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in eastern KwaZulu-Natal, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, from Mozambique to Somalia, and in Ethiopia.
The wingspan is 55–70 mm for males and 65–72 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to March in southern Africa[2]
The larvae feed on Triaspis glaucophylla, Dregea angolensis, Potgietersrus, Marsdenia angolensis, Acridocarpus, Tristellateia and Ficus species.
Subspecies
- Coeliades anchises anchises (Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa, Yemen)
- Coeliades anchises jucunda (Butler, 1881) (Socotra)