Thermoniphas micylus
Thermoniphas micylus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Thermoniphas |
Species: | T. micylus
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Binomial name | |
Thermoniphas micylus | |
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Thermoniphas micylus, the tinted blue or the common chalk blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. 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[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thermoniphas micylus. |
Wikispecies has information related to Thermoniphas micylus. |
- ^ Thermoniphas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
Categories:
- Butterflies described in 1780
- Thermoniphas
- Polyommatini stubs