Coeliades

Coeliades is a genus of large skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in Subsaharan Africa. They are commonly known as policemen.

==Species== Listed alphabetically. Coeliades aeschylus (Plötz, 1884) – Senegal blue policeman Coeliades anchises (Gerstaecker, 1871) – one pip policeman Coeliades bixana Evans, 1940 – dark blue policeman Coeliades bocagii (Sharpe, 1893) Coeliades chalybe (Westwood, 1852) – blue policeman Coeliades ernesti (Grandidier, 1867) Coeliades fervida (Butler, 1880) Coeliades fidia Evans, 1937 Coeliades forestan (Stoll, [1782]) – striped policeman Coeliades iphis (Drury, 1773) (transfer from monotypic Pyrrhochalcia, per Zhang et al 2023). Coeliades hanno (Plötz, 1879) – western policeman, three pip policeman Coeliades keithloa (Wallengren, 1857) – red tab policeman Coeliades libeon (Druce, 1875) – spotless policeman Coeliades lorenzo Evans, 1947 – Lorenzo red tab policeman Coeliades pisistratus (Fabricius, 1793) – two pip policeman Coeliades rama Evans, 1937 Coeliades ramanatek (Boisduval, 1833) Coeliades sejuncta (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891) – coast policeman, ochreous-banded policeman