Cooksonia trimeni

Cooksonia trimeni
Cooksonia trimeni figure 3 (accompanying the original description)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cooksonia
Species: 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 Congo.[2]

Subspecies

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

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