Cooksonia neavei

Neave's tiger mimic

C. n. rhodesiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cooksonia
Species:	C. neavei
Binomial name
*Cooksonia neavei* (Druce, 1912)^[1]
Synonyms
Sheffieldia neavei Druce, 1912

Cooksonia neavei, Neave’s tiger mimic, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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

Cooksonia neavei neavei (southern Tanzania)
Cooksonia neavei rhodesiae Pinhey, 1962 (north-eastern Zimbabwe, Zambia)

References

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↑ Cooksonia at funet.fi
↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Mimacraeina
↑ Dickson, C.G.C.; et al. (1978). Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker. p. 83. ISBN 0-949937-48-7.

Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 63 a

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