Coeliades forestan forestan - Striped policeman

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Photo(s): Bart Wursten and Alan Gardiner (pupa), Catapu, Mozambique and Bart Wursten, Sinamatela Camp, Hwange National Park (right).

Species details:

Notes:

The broad white band on each hindwing is a diagnostic feature.

Distribution:

Throughout Africa.

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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. 358.
Williams, M,C. (2008), Butterflies and Skippers of the Afrotropical Region, Hesperiidae subfamily Coeliadinae, p. 9, Online Encyclopaedia.