Coeliades forestan: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Coeliades
- Species
- Coeliades forestan
- Scientific Name
- Coeliades forestan
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Coeliades forestan
Coeliades forestan, the striped policeman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Transkei to Zimbabwe and to Botswana. It is also present on Madagascar and Mauritius.
The wingspan is 45–55 mm for males and 55–64 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks September to April.
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Parinari curatellifolia, Lonchocarpus capassa, Combretum bracteosum, Combretum apiculatum, Solanum auriculatum, Solanum mauritianum, Millettia sutherlandii, Sphedamnocarpus rhamni, Sphedamnocarpus pruriens and Robinia pseudacacia.
...Coeliades forestan in languages:
- English
- Striped Policeman
- Japanese
- アフリカアオバセセリ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Coeliades aeschylus
- Coeliades anchises
- Coeliades bixana
- Coeliades bocagii
- Coeliades chalybe
- Coeliades fervida
- Coeliades fidia
- Coeliades forestan
- Coeliades hanno
- Coeliades keithloa
- Coeliades kenya
- Coeliades libeon
- Coeliades lorenzo
- Coeliades lucagus
- Coeliades menelik
- Coeliades pansa
- Coeliades pisistratus
- Coeliades rama
- Coeliades sejuncta































































































































































