Biology:Cooksonia trimeni

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Short description: Species of butterfly

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

Cooksonia trimeni is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1905. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q5167202 entry