Coeliades forestan, the striped policeman, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

It is found from Transkei to Zimbabwe and to Botswana.

Adults are on wing year-round in warmer areas with peaks September to April.

[3] The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Parinari curatellifolia, Lonchocarpus capassa, Combretum bracteosum, Combretum apiculatum, Solanum auriculatum, Solanum mauritianum, Millettia sutherlandii, Sphedamnocarpus rhamni, Sphedamnocarpus pruriens and Robinia pseudacacia.

The Republic of Chad has issued a stamp showing a Coeliades forestan in 2003.