Kingdom Animalia 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.
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