Thermoniphas micylus

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| image = Thermoniphas micylus.JPG

| image2 = Common chalk blue (Thermoniphas micylus micylus) underside.jpg

| image2_caption = In Ghana

| taxon = Thermoniphas micylus

| authority = (Cramer, 1780)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/thermoniphas/index.html Thermoniphas] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

| synonyms =

• Papilio micylus Cramer, 1780

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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.[http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_polyommatini_1.doc Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)] The habitat consists of forest edges, paths and clearings.

Both sexes are attracted to flowers.