Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Thermoniphas | |
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Similar Tuxentius carana, Liptena, Azanus, Pentila, Cacyreus | ||
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. The habitat consists of forest edges, paths and clearings.
Both sexes are attracted to flowers.
References
Thermoniphas micylus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA