Can a semicolon replace such as?

No. The semi-colon (;) is a punctuation mark that separates major sentence elements. A semicolon can be used between two closely related independent clauses, provided they are not already joined by a coordinating conjunction.

The key here is independent clause, an independent clause is a group of Words with a subject and a predicate. It expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. So the semicolon doesn't have the meaning of - for example - which is the meaning of such as