Bicyclus cooksoni

Bicyclus cooksoni is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1905. It is found in northern Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern and western Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and open montane grassland-forest mosaic.

Bicyclus cooksoni
Figure 1 which accompanied the original description
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B. cooksoni
Binomial name
Bicyclus cooksoni
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis cooksoni H. H. Druce, 1905
  • Mycalesis cooksoni f. latior Riley, 1921

References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 8, 2014). "Bicyclus cooksoni (Druce, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: File E – Nymphalidae - Subtribe Mycalesina


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