Lepidochrysops parsimon

Lepidochrysops parsimon, the western giant Cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, western Nigeria, Cameroon and the Central African Republic.^[2] The habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.

Lepidochrysops parsimon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lepidochrysops
Species:	L. parsimon
Binomial name
Lepidochrysops parsimon (Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
Papilio parsimon Fabricius, 1775 Neochrysops parsimon Papilio celaeus Stoll, 1781 Lepidochrysops nigeriae Stempffer, 1957