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Cooksonia (butterfly)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Mimacraea, Teriomima, Baliochila

Cooksonia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Cooksonia is endemic to the Afrotropics.

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Etymology

The genus name honours Harold Cookson (1876-1969), a farmer and amateur zoologist who lived in Muden, Natal, and later in the Vumba Mountains in what was then Rhodesia.

Species

  • Cooksonia abri Collins & Larsen, 2008
  • Cooksonia aliciae Talbot, 1935
  • Cooksonia ginettae Collins & Larsen, 2008
  • Cooksonia neavei (Druce, 1912)
  • Cooksonia trimeni Druce, 1905

    • References

    Cooksonia (butterfly) Wikipedia
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