Coeliades bixana, the dark blue policeman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
| Dark blue policeman | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Coeliades |
| Species: | C. bixana
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| Coeliades bixana | |
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It is found in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria (south), Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3] Its habitat consists of primary forests.
Larvae feed on Cassia species and Triaspis odorata.[3]
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