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Policemen
Coeliades
Coeliades is a genus of large skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in Subsaharan Africa. They are commonly known as policemen.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Striped Policeman
speciesCoeliades forestan
Two Pip Policeman
speciesCoeliades pisistratus
One-pip Policeman
speciesCoeliades anchises
African Giant Skippers
subgenusPyrrhochalcia
Spotless Policeman
speciesCoeliades libeon
Island Policeman
speciesCoeliades pansa
Red-tab Policeman
speciesCoeliades keithloa
Blue Policeman
speciesCoeliades chalybe
Coast Policeman
speciesCoeliades sejuncta
Three Pip Policeman
speciesCoeliades hanno
Fervid Policeman
speciesCoeliades fervida
Eastern Policeman
speciesCoeliades kenya
Western Blue Policeman
speciesCoeliades lucagus
Senegal Blue Policeman
speciesCoeliades aeschylus
Malagasy Policeman
speciesCoeliades rama
Malagasy Striped Policeman
speciesCoeliades fidia
Eastern Red-tab Policeman
speciesCoeliades lorenzo
Dark Blue Policeman
speciesCoeliades bixana
São Tome Policeman
speciesCoeliades bocagii
Ethiopian Policeman
speciesCoeliades menelik
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Coeliades in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 354565.