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Cooksonia neavei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cooksonia

Cooksonia neavei

Cooksonia neavei, the Neave's tiger mimic, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults resemble dead leaves. They are on wing from late October to mid-November.

The larvae feed on foliose lichens, probably Parmelia species that grow on tree trunks, as is the case with C. aliciae in Malawi.

Subspecies

  • Cooksonia neavei neavei (southern Tanzania)
  • Cooksonia neavei rhodesiae Pinhey, 1962 (north-eastern Zimbabwe, Zambia)
  • References

    Cooksonia neavei Wikipedia