Coeliades bixana
Species of butterfly
Dark blue policeman | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Coeliades |
Species: | C. bixana |
Binomial name | |
Coeliades bixana Evans, 1940[1][2] | |
Synonyms | |
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Coeliades bixana, the dark blue policeman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
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.[3] Its habitat consists of primary forests.
Larvae feed on Cassia species and Triaspis odorata.[3]
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