Euphaedra cooksoni

Species of butterfly

Euphaedra cooksoni

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Genus:  | Euphaedra
Species:  |

E. cooksoni

Binomial name
Euphaedra cooksoni

H. Druce, 1905[1]

Synonyms

* Euphaedra (Euphaedrana) cooksoni

Euphaedra cooksoni is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1905. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga Province), Tanzania and Zambia.[2]

## Description[edit]

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

E. cooksoni Druce. Body above with white dots; forewing above black, at the costal margin grey-green; subapical band white; the hindmarginal spot broadly brownish chrome-yellow; hind-wing above brown- yellow with broad black marginal band and two blue submarginal spots near the hinder angle. Forewing beneath yellow, suffused with blackish green and with three black spots in the cell; hindwing beneath chrome-yellow with a black spot at the base and a black dot in the cell; a broad white submarginal band runs from the base to the apex, where it becomes quite narrow; two indistinct white spots at the apex of the cell and bluish white submarginal spots. Rhodesia. [3]

## Similar species[edit]

Other members of the eleus species group q.v.

## References[edit]

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Wikispecies has information related to Euphaedra cooksoni.

1. ^ Savela, Markku (June 18, 2018). "Euphaedra cooksoni Druce, 1905". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Nymphalidae - Tribe Adoliadini
3. ^ Aurivillius, [P.O.]C. 1908-1924. In: Seitz, A. Die Grosschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Grosschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925, 613 Seiten, 80 Tafeln (The Macrolepidoptera of the World 13).Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5410064
* Wikispecies: Euphaedra cooksoni
* BioLib: 1089930
* CoL: 3CM33
* EoL: 167554
* GBIF: 1896333
* IRMNG: 10280582
* LepIndex: 162753

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