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Euphaedra 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] DescriptionE. 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 speciesOther members of the eleus species group q.v. References Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euphaedra cooksoni.  Wikispecies has information related to Euphaedra cooksoni.
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