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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coeliades keithloa, the red-tab policeman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Ethiopia south to South Africa.
Coeliades keithloa | |
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Larva on Acridocarpus natalitius | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Coeliades |
Species: | C. keithloa |
Binomial name | |
Coeliades keithloa (Wallengren, 1857)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is 58–64 mm for males and 61–66 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks in late summer and autumn in southern Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Barringtonia racemosa, Acridocarpus natalitius, A. zanzibaricus, A. glaucescens, A. ristalitius, Stephanotis (syn. Dregea), Combretum and Byrsocarpus species.
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