Coeliades

Coeliades
Coeliades forestan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Coeliadinae
Genus: Coeliades
Hübner, 1818[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Rhopalocampta Wallengren, 1857

Coeliades is a genus of large skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in Subsaharan Africa. They are commonly known as policemen.

  1. ^ Coeliades, Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database