Coeliadinae

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.

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.

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


 * Allora – 2 sp. Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
 * Badamia – 2 sp. Moore, 1881
 * Bibasis – awlets; 4 sp. Moore, 1881
 * Burara – 14 sp. Swinhoe, 1893
 * Choaspes – 8 sp. Moore, 1881
 * Coeliades – policemen; 13 sp. Hübner, 1818
 * Hasora – awls; 29 sp. Moore, 1881
 * Pyrrhiades – 1 sp. Mabille, 1904
 * Pyrrhochalcia – African giant skipper; 5 sp. Lindsey & Miller, 1965