Cooksonia trimeni
# 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.

