Cooksonia (butterfly)

Cooksonia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1905.[1] Cooksonia is endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Cooksonia
C. neavei
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Cooksonia

Synonyms
  • Sheffieldia H. H. Druce, 1912

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.

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (August 29, 2016). "Cooksonia Druce, 1905". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.


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