Bicyclus cooksoni

Species of butterfly

Bicyclus cooksoni
Figure 1 which accompanied the original description
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bicyclus
Species:
B. cooksoni
Binomial name
Bicyclus cooksoni
(H. H. Druce, 1905)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mycalesis cooksoni H. H. Druce, 1905
  • Mycalesis cooksoni f. latior Riley, 1921

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.

References

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  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". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
Taxon identifiers
Mycalesis cooksoni


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