Erikssonia cooksoni
Appearance
Cookson's copper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Erikssonia |
Species: | E. cooksoni
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Binomial name | |
Erikssonia cooksoni H. H. Druce, 1905
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Erikssonia cooksoni, the Cookson's copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1905. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Lualaba) and north-western Zambia. It is found in sparse miombo woodland with low herbs.
Adults are on wing in September and January.
The larvae feed on Gnidia involucrata.
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