Cooksonia neavei

Neave's tiger mimic
C. n. rhodesiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cooksonia
Species: C. neavei
Binomial name
Cooksonia neavei
(Druce, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sheffieldia neavei Druce, 1912

Cooksonia neavei, the Neave's tiger mimic, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2] 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,[3] 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

  1. ↑ Cooksonia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina
  3. ↑ Dickson, C.G.C.; et al. (1978). Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker. p. 83. ISBN 0-949937-48-7.


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