Thermoniphas micylus

Thermoniphas micylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Thermoniphas
Species: T. micylus
Binomial name
Thermoniphas micylus
(Cramer, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio micylus Cramer, 1780

Thermoniphas micylus, the Tinted Blue or the Common Chalk Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop) and western Cameroon.[2] The habitat consists of forest edges, paths and clearings.

Both sexes are attracted to flowers.

References

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