Cooksonia (butterfly)
Cooksonia | |
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C. neavei | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cooksonia |
Species | |
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Cooksonia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Cooksonia is endemic to the Afrotropics.
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
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