Senegal blue policeman
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Coeliades
Species:
C. aeschylus
Binomial name
Coeliades aeschylus
(Plötz, 1884)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Ismene aeschylus Plötz, 1884

Coeliades aeschylus, the Senegal blue policeman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Sierra Leone (north).[3] The habitat consists of the Guinea savanna zone.

The larvae feed on Acridocarpus smeathmanni.

References

  1. Ismene aeschylus Plötz, 1884. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 45: 65 (51-66).
  2. Coeliades, Site of Markku Savela
  3. Williams, Mark (2008) Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region. An Encyclopedia. Seventh Edition. File 0.


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