Coeliades lorenzo

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| name = Lorenzo red-tab policeman

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| taxon = Coeliades lorenzo

| authority = Evans, 1947[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/coeliadinae/coeliades/index.html Coeliades] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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  • Coeliades keithloa r. lorenzo Evans, 1946

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Coeliades lorenzo, the Lorenzo red-tab policeman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in South Africa in the Maputaland forests of northern KwaZulu-Natal, and northwards into Mozambique.

The wingspan is 58–64 mm for males and 61–66 mm for females. Adults are on the wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in late summer and autumn.{{cite book|last=Woodhall |first=Steve |title=Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa |year=2005 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |publisher=Struik |isbn=978-1-86872-724-7 }}

The larvae feed on Acridocarpus natalitius.

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Category:Coeliadinae

Category:Butterflies described in 1947

Category:Taxa named by William Harry Evans

Category:Butterflies of Africa

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