Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Coeliades | |
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Similar Coeliades pisistratus, Coeliades, Pyrrhochalcia, Coeliades forestan, Coeliadinae | ||
Coeliades bixana, the dark blue policeman, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.
It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south), Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its habitat consists of primary forests.
Larvae feed on Cassia species and Triaspis odorata.
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