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Euthecta cooksoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Euthecta

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Euthecta cooksoni, the Cookson's buff, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Tanzania and Mozambique.

Euthecta cooksoni is a species of the coastal forests of East Africa, currently known from just five localities but three subspecies: from the Kitchi Hills Forest (up to 40 km inland) and the Rondo area of Tanzania, and from the southernmost coastal forests of Mozambique. This area is poorly collected and the species must be highly under reported. Nonetheless, the extent of occurrence is large and also stretches over several thousand kilometres of completely unexplored country between Rondo and Amatongas. Therefore, the species is best classified as being of least concern.

Subspecies

  • Euthecta cooksoni cooksoni (Mozambique)
  • Euthecta cooksoni marginata Henning & Henning, 2004 (Tanzania)
  • Euthecta cooksoni subgrisea Henning & Henning, 2004 (south-eastern Tanzania)
  • References

    Euthecta cooksoni Wikipedia