Coeliadinae is a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (Hesperiidae). With about 150 described species, this is one of several smallish skipper butterfly subfamilies. It was first proposed by William Frederick Evans in 1937.[1]

Coeliadinae
Coeliades keithloa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Coeliadinae
Evans, [1937]
Diversity
About 8 genera
Synonyms

Rhopalocamptinae Evans, [1937]

The subfamily is restricted to the Old World tropics. It comprises the most basal living lineage of skippers. In Coeliadinae the second segment of the palpi is erect and densely scaled, and the third segment is perpendicular to it, long, slender and without scales.[1]

Genera

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This subfamily was revised in 2009 by Hideyuki Chiba. According to his revision, the subfamily includes nine genera.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Brower & Warren (2009)
  2. ^ Chiba, Hideyuki (2009-03-31), "A revision of the subfamily Coeliadinae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)", Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A (Natural History), 7, doi:10.34522/kmnh.7.0_1, retrieved 2024-05-12
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