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  • Coeliades menelik   (2)
  • C. aeschylus
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    • C. anchises jucunda
  • C. bixana
  • C. bocagii
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    • C. chalybe chalybe
    • C. chalybe immaculata
  • C. pansa
  • C. fervida
  • C. fidia
  • C. forestan   (2)
    • C. forestan forestan
    • C. forestan arbogastes
  • C. hanno
  • C. keithloa   (4)
    • C. keithloa
  • C. kenya
  • C. menelik menelik
  • C. menelik merua
  • C. libeon
  • C. lorenzo
  • C. pisistratus
  • C. rama
  • C. sejuncta
  • C. lucagus
Updated at: 2024-05-09

Coeliades kenya Evans, 1937

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Sáfián, Sz., Siklósi, A. (2025). Coeliades kenya Evans, 1937 - https://abdb-africa.org/species/Coeliades_kenya

Taxonomy

Family
Hesperiidae
Subfamily
Coeliadinae
Tribus

Type locality

Distribution

Kenya; Tanzania;

Occurrence

Biogeographical class
Ecological class
Conservation status

Description

Biology & habits

The species used to be treated as a subspecies of Coeliades keithloa, but Cock (2010) changed its status. It is common in the coastal areas of Kenya and Tanzania, also on Zanzibar and Pemba Islands. The habitat is mainly secondary forest and coastal scrub. The butterflies could be observed along forest paths in hot weather when they rest under the leaves of trees and bushes. When disturbed, they fly rapidly in large circles, but will look for another resting spot. Caterpillars were found and the butterfly was bred on the shrub Acridocarpus zanzibaricus A.Juss. in coastal Kenya.

Host plants

      Synonyms

      Similar species

      Coeliades menelik (Ungemach, 1932); Coeliades keithloa (Wallengren, 1857);

      Distribution map

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      Specific references

      Cock, M.J.W. (2010): Observations on the biology of Afro–tropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) principally from Kenya . Part 1. Introduction and Coeliadinae. Zootaxa 2547:1-63.

      External online references

      Other media

      • Coeliades kenya female UPS

        Coeliades kenya female UPS

        ZANZIBAR, Dongwe - 08.V.2022 - Szabolcs Sáfián
      • Coeliades kenya female UNS freshly hatched

        Coeliades kenya female UNS freshly hatched

        KENYA, Dakatcha Nature Reserve - 09.05.2024 - Szabolcs Sáfián
      • Coeliades kenya caterpillar fourth instar

        Coeliades kenya caterpillar fourth instar

        KENYA, Dakatcha Nature Reserve - 17-19.04.2024 - Szabolcs Sáfián
      • Coeliades kenya caterpillar final instar

        Coeliades kenya caterpillar final instar

        KENYA, Dakatcha Nature Reserve - 17-19.04.2024 - Szabolcs Sáfián