- Source: Coeliades anchises
Coeliades anchises, the one-pip policeman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in eastern KwaZulu-Natal, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, from Mozambique to Somalia, and in Ethiopia.
The wingspan is 55–70 mm for males and 65–72 mm for females. Adults are on the wing from October to March in southern Africa.
The larvae feed on Triaspis glaucophylla, Dregea angolensis, Marsdenia angolensis, Acridocarpus, Tristellateia and Ficus species.
Subspecies
Coeliades anchises anchises
Range: Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa and Yemen
The giant skipper Coeliades anchises jucunda (Butler, 1881)
Range: Oman, Socotra (Yemen), United Arab Emirates
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Coeliades anchises
- Coeliades
- Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve
- List of butterflies of Ethiopia
- List of butterflies of Tanzania
- List of butterflies of Somaliland
- List of butterflies of South Africa
- List of butterflies of Uganda
- List of butterflies of Somalia
- List of butterflies of Zimbabwe
