Axiocerses harpax, the common scarlet, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Range
Visiting a flower in Lagos, Nigeria
It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, the DRCongo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Oman, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of forests, woodland and savanna.
Description
The length of the forewings is 15.5-17.2 mm for males and 14.5-18.5 mm for females.