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[Lepidochrysops parsimon Fabricius]
Papilio parsimon Fabricius, 1775: 526. Neochrysops parsimon: Bethune-Baker, 1923: 317; pi. 12, fig. 19, pi. 20, fig. 32, pi. 29, fig. 32. Lepidochrysops parsimon: Stempffer, 1957a: 199; figs. 280-283.
Papilio celaeus Cramer: of authors.
Cupido (Lepidochrysops) loveni Auriviliius: Stempffer [1949]: 84.
This species is included here as possibly occurring in Liberia on the authority of Bethune-Baker (1923) who records it from Sierra Leone. I have seen no Upper Guinea specimens but Stempffer (1957a) records it also from Togo and Nigeria. The species ranges east to Uganda and Kenya and south to Angola and the Rhodesias.
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- Fox, R.M., Lindsey, A.W., Clench, H.K., Miller, L.D. 1965. The Butterflies of Liberia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society vol. 19. Philadelphia, USA
Lepidochrysops parsimon: Brief Summary
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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. The habitat consists of the forest/savanna transition zone.
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