Coeliades pisistratus - Two-pip policeman

Species details:

Notes:
Distribution: Widespread in Subsaharan Africa.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
CombretaceaeCombretum (Larval foodplant)
Fabaceae subfamily PapilionoideaeIndigofera (Larval foodplant)
Related plant species:
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 309.
Woodhall, S. (2005), Field guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town, p. 360.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Coeliadinae, p. 20, Online Encyclopaedia.

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The Rwanda flora team (2025). Flora of Rwanda: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Coeliades pisistratus .
https://www.rwandaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403340, retrieved 31 March 2025

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