Coeliades Ramanatek
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''Coeliades ramanatek'' is a
butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
. It is found on
Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
and the
Comoros The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni, ...
. The habitat consists of forests, forest margins and anthropogenic environments.


Subspecies

*''Coeliades ramanatek ramanatek'' (Madagascar) *''Coeliades ramanatek comorana'' Evans, 1937 (Comoros)


References

Butterflies described in 1833 Coeliadinae Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval Butterflies of Africa Lepidoptera of Madagascar {{Hesperiidae-stub