Thermoniphas micylus

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.

Thermoniphas micylus
In Ghana
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

Both sexes are attracted to flowers.