Cooksonia neavei

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Cooksonia neavei
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Cooksonia neavei rhodesiae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cooksonia
Species:
C. neavei
Binomial name
Cooksonia neavei
(H. H. Druce, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Sheffieldia neaveiH. H. Druce, 1912

Cooksonia neavei, or Neave's tiger mimic, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1912. [1] It is found in Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. [2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland.

Adults resemble dead leaves. They are on wing from late October to mid-November.

The larvae feed on foliose lichens, probably Parmelia species that grow on tree trunks, [3] as is the case with C. aliciae in Malawi.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (August 29, 2016). "Cooksonia neavei (Druce, 1912)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina". Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  3. ↑ Dickson, C.G.C.; et al. (1978). Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker. p. 83. ISBN   0-949937-48-7.
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