Coeliades bixana
| Dark Blue Policeman | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Coeliades |
| Species: | C. bixana |
| Binomial name | |
| Coeliades bixana Evans, 1940[1][2] | |
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The Dark Blue Policeman (Coeliades bixana) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south), Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, and Democratic Republic of Congo[3] The habitat consists of primary forests.
Larvae feed on Cassia species and Triaspis odorata.[3]