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Cooksonia trimeni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Genus
  
Cooksonia

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Cooksonia trimeni

Cooksonia trimeni is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Subspecies

  • Cooksonia trimeni trimeni (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Cooksonia trimeni terpsichore Talbot, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba)
  • 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. The specific name honours Roland Trimen.

    References

    Cooksonia trimeni Wikipedia