Coeliades
{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image= Coeliades forestan forestan 74262288.jpg
| image_caption = Coeliades forestan
| taxon = Coeliades
| authority = Hübner, 1818[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=6691.0&FAMILY=hesperiidae&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&sort=GENUS&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&YEARqtype=equals&GENUSqtype=starts+with&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&beginIndex=247&listPageURL=GenusList3%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3dhesperiidae%26AUTHORqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dGENUS%26SUBTRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26YEARqtype%3dequals%26beginIndex%3d240%26GENUSqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26TRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SUBFAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26FAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fFAMILY%3dhesperiidae%26AUTHORqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dGENUS%26SUBTRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26YEARqtype%3dequals%26beginIndex%3d240%26GENUSqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26TRIBEqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SUBFAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26FAMILYqtype%3dstarts%2bwith Coeliades], Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = see text
| synonyms =
- Rhopalocampta Wallengren, 1857
}}
Coeliades is a genus of large skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in Subsaharan Africa. They are commonly known as policemen.
Species
Listed alphabetically.{{cite web |url=http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/coeliadinae/coeliades/index.html |title=Coeliades |author=Markku Savela |date= |work=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |publisher= |accessdate=20 April 2010}}Williams, Mark (2008) Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region. An Encyclopedia. Seventh Edition. File 0.
- Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884) – Senegal blue policeman
- Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871) – one pip policeman
- Coeliades bixana Evans, 1940 – dark blue policeman
- 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 iphis (Drury, 1773) (transfer from monotypic Pyrrhochalcia, per Zhang et al 2023).
- Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879) – western policeman, three pip 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, ochreous-banded policeman
References
{{Reflist}}
- [https://archive.org/stream/diegrossschmett13seit#page/n159/mode/2up Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 75]
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Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
Category:Taxa described in 1818
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