Coeliades sejuncta

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Coeliades sejuncta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Coeliades
Species:
C. sejuncta
Binomial name
Coeliades sejuncta
(Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ismene sejuncta Mabille & Vuillot, 1891

Coeliades sejuncta, the coast policeman or ochreous-banded policeman, is a

Hesperiidae. It is found along the coast of Kenya and in Tanzania (from the coast inland to Amani and also in the Kigoma district), southern Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]
Its habitat consists of forests, coastal forests, riverine forests, and dense bush.

Adults are attracted to flowers, including Maerua species

The larvae feed on Acridocarpus zanzibaricum.

References

  1. ^ Coeliades, funet.fi
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Coeliadinae". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2013-01-24.