title: Cooksonia trimeni
text: # Cooksonia trimeni
  
  Cooksonia trimeni is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1905. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  * Cooksonia trimeni trimeni (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  * Cooksonia trimeni terpsichore Talbot, 1935 (Democratic Republic of the Congo: Shaba)
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The genus name honours Harold Cookson (1876-1969), a farmer and amateur zoologist who lived in Muden, Natal, and later in the Vumba Mountains in what was then Rhodesia. The specific name honours Roland Trimen.
  
  