Coeliades anchises

One-pip policeman
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Coeliades
Species: C. anchises
Binomial name
Coeliades anchises
(Gerstaecker, 1871)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ismene anchises Gerstaecker, 1871
  • Coeliades jucunda
  • Ismene taranis Hewitson, 1876
  • Hesperia jucunda Butler, 1881

Coeliades anchises, the one-pip policeman, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. 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.[2]

The larvae feed on Triaspis glaucophylla, Dregea angolensis, Marsdenia angolensis, Acridocarpus, Tristellateia and Ficus species.

Subspecies

Range: Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa and Yemen
Range: Socotra

References

  1. ↑ Coeliades, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ↑ Woodhall, S. (2005) Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers.


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