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Cooksonia trimeni

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Cooksonia trimeni
Figure 3 (accompanying the original description)
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C. trimeni
Binomial name
Cooksonia trimeni
Druce, 1905[1]

Cooksonia trimeni is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

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

  1. ^ Cooksonia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina