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Coeliades Hübner, 1818

Policemen
Coeliades Hübner, 1818; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : 31 (post 22nd December 1818), TS: Papilio forestan Stoll
Rhopalocampta Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): 47, TS: Papilio forestan Stoll
Coeliades ; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 591
Coeliades (Coeliadinae) ; [BK, 388]; [AfrL]

Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871)

Natal, Rhodesia, Tanzania, Mozambique - Somalia, Ethiopia. See [About maps] One Pip Policeman
Ismene anchises Gerstaecker, 1871; Arch. f. Naturgesch. 37 (1): 358
Coliades[sic] anchises ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 57]
Coeliades anchises anchises ; [BK: 389, pl. 57, f. 722]
Coeliades anchises ; [AfrL]

Larva on Triaspis leendertziae [PBSA], Marsdenia, Acridocarpus, Triaspis, Tristellateia, Ficus [BK]

C. a. anchises

Coeliades anchises anchises ; [AfrL]

C. a. jucunda (Butler, 1881)

Socotra Coeliades jucunda ;
Coliades[sic] jucunda ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 57 (text)]
Coeliades anchises jucunda ; [AfrL]

Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852)

Senegal - Uganda, W.Keneya, NW.Tanzania. See [About maps] Blue Policeman
Coliades[sic] chalybe ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 59]
Coeliades chalybe ; [BK: 388, pl. 57, f. 720]; [AfrL]

Larva on Cynanchum, Acridocarpus, Marsdenia [BK]

C. c. chalybe

Coeliades chalybe chalybe ; [AfrL]

C. c. immaculata Carpenter, 1935

Coeliades chalybe immaculata ; [AfrL]

Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867)

Madagascar. See [About maps] Hesperia ernesti Grandidier, 1867; , TL: Morondava
Coeliades ernesti ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Coeliades fervida (Butler, 1880)

Madagascar. See [About maps] Hesperia fervida Butler, 1880; , TL: Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Coliades[sic] fervida ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 60]
Coeliades fervida ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Coeliades fidia Evans, 1937

Madagascar. See [About maps] Coeliades fidia Evans, 1937; , TL: Maevatana
Coliades[sic] fidia ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 60 (text)]
Coeliades fidia ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782])

Transkei - Rhodesia - Botswana. See [About maps] Striped Policeman
Papilio forestan Stoll, [1782]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (32-32): 210, pl. 391, f. E, F
Coliades[sic] forestan ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 61]
Coeliades forestan ; [AfrL]

Larva on Combretum bracteosum, C. apiculatum, Solanum auriculatum, Millettia sutherlandii, Sphedamnocarpus rhamni, Robinia speudacacia [PBSA]

C. f. forestan

Coeliades forestan forestan ; [BK: 389, pl. 57, f. 723]; [AfrL]

C. f. arbogastes (Guenee, 1863)

Madagascar Thymele arbogastes Guenee, 1863
Coeliades arbogastes ;
Coliades[sic] arbogastes ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 60 (text)]
Coeliades forestan arbogastes ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879)

Senegal - W.Kenya. See [About maps] Western Policeman
necho Plötz, 1884²
Coliades[sic] hanno ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 64 (text)]
Coeliades hanno ; [BK: 390, pl. 57, f. 725]; [AfrL]

Larva on Acridocarpus [BK]

Coeliades keithloa (Wallengren, 1857)

-. See [About maps] Red Tab Policeman
Rhopalocampta keithloa Wallengren, 1857; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): 48
Coliades[sic] keithloa ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 62]
Coeliades keithloa ; [BK: 390, pl. 57, f. 727]; [AfrL]

Larva on Barringtonia racemosa, Acridocarpus natalitius, A. ristalitius [PBSA]

C. k. keithloa

Mozambique - Natal Coeliades keithloa keithloa ; [AfrL]

C. k. kenya Evans, 1937

Kenya Coeliades keithloa kenya ; [BK: 391]; [AfrL]

C. k. merua Evans, 1947

Kenya Coeliades keithloa merua ; [BK: 391]; [AfrL]

C. k. menelik (Ungemach, 1932)

Ethiopia Coeliades keithloa menelik ; [BK: 391]; [AfrL]

Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875)

Natal, Zululand, Moçambique, Rhodesia, Tropical Africa. See [About maps] Spotless Policeman
Ismene libeon Druce, 1875; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 416
Coliades[sic] libeon ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 63]
Coeliades libeon ; [BK: 389, pl. 57, f. 721]; [AfrL]

Larva on Drypetes, Cassia, Millettia [BK]

Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793)

Natal, Botswana, South West Africa. See [About maps] Two Pip Policeman
Hesperia pisistratus Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 345
Coliades[sic] pisistratus ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 64]
Coeliades pisistratus ; [BK: 390, pl. 57, f. 724]; [AfrL]

Larva on Acridocarpus pruriens, Indigofera sp. [PBSA], Marsdenia, Acridocarpus, Combretum [BK]

Coeliades rama Evans, 1937

Madagascar. See [About maps] Coeliades rama Evans, 1937; , TL: N.Madagascar, Antakares
Coeliades rama ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Coeliades ramanatek (Boisduval, 1833)

-. See [About maps] Thymele ramanatek Boisduval, 1833
Coliades[sic] ramanatek ; [BOW: pl. 128, f. 65]
Coeliades ramanatek ; [AfrL]

C. r. ramanatek

Madagascar Coeliades ramanatek ramanatek ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

C. r. comorana Evans, 1937

Comoro I. Coeliades ramanatek comorana ; [AfrL]

Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)

coastal (Kenya, Tanzania), Malawi. See [About maps] Coast Policeman
Coeliades sejuncta ; [BK: 390, pl. 57, f. 726]; [AfrL]

Larva on Acridocarpus [BK]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BK]

Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[MadL]

Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Druce, 1875

A list of the collection of diurnal Lepidoptera made by J.J. Monteiro in Angola, ... Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1875: 406-417

Evans, 1946

Revisional notes on African Hesperiidae Ann. Mag. Nat. hist (11) 13: 641-648

Gerstaecker, 1871

Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Zanzibar Arch. f. Naturgesch. 37 (1): 345-363

Godman & Salvin, [1901]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

Hübner, 1818

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 1 [1808-] 1818 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40] (post 22nd December 1818), pl. [1-2], f. 1-12 (1808 - 1809), pl. [3-25], f. 13-146 (1809 - 1813), pl. [26-35], f. 147-200 (1814 - 1818)

Stoll, [1782]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)

Wallengren, 1857

Kafferlandets Dag-fjärilar, insamlade aren 1838-1845 af J.A. Wahlberg K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., Stockholm (n.f.) 2 (4): [1] -55

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