Coeliades anchises anchises - One-pip policeman

Species details:

Notes: A rare butterfly in Southern Africa.
Distribution: Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. Also in Yemen.
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Apocynaceae subfamilies Asclepiadoideae and SecamonoideaeMarsdenia angolensis (Larval foodplant)
Literature: Henning, G.A., Pringle, E.L.L. & Ball, J.B. (1994), Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa, Struik Winchester, Cape Town, p. 308.
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. 5, Online Encyclopaedia.

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The Burundi flora team (2025). Flora of Burundi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Coeliades anchises anchises.
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=403330, retrieved 31 March 2025

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