Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Lepidochrysops | |
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Similar Pentila pauli, Axiocerses harpax, Lepidochrysops, Charaxes viola, Liptena | ||
Lepidochrysops parsimon, the western giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria, Cameroon and the Central African Republic. The habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.
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