Taxonavigation

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Mimacraeina
Genus: Cooksonia
Species (7): C. abri – C. aliciae – C. gardineri – C. ginettae – C. neavei – C. nozolinoi – C. trimeni

Name

Cooksonia Druce, 1905: 256.

Type species: Cooksonia trimeni Druce, 1905, by original designation

References

• Collins, S.C.; Larsen, T.B. 2008: Eighteen new species, five new subspecies, and interesting data on other African butterflies – Fourth ABRI research paper. Metamorphosis, 19(2): 42–113. Abstract and PDF download Reference page. 

• Druce, H.H. 1905. Descriptions of some new species of diurnal Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Harold Cookson in northern Rhodesia, in 1903 and 1904. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [53(2)]: 251–262, pl. 13. text, plate. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1905.tb02453.x Reference page. 

• Druce, H.H. 1912. Descriptions of new exotic Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae. Entomologist's monthly magazine 48: 128–133, pls 9,10. BHL text, pls. Reference page. 

• Edge, D.A. 2018. A new species of Cooksonia Druce, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) from western Zambia. Metamorphosis 29: 51–55. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page. 

• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 

• Talbot, G. 1935. New species and forms of African Lycaenidae (Lep.: Rhop.) [and supplement]. Entomologist's monthly magazine 71: 69-78, 115-127, 147-153; ill.; Suppl.: 202-209; ill. Reference page. 

• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.