imago vs epitome

imago and epitome both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
imago	Yes	No	No	No
epitome	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, epitome is a hypernym of imago; that is, epitome is a word with a broader meaning than imago:

imago: (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
epitome: a standard or typical example

Other hypernyms of imago include image, paradigm, prototype.

imago (noun)	epitome (noun)
an adult insect produced after metamorphosis	a standard or typical example
(psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood	a brief abstract (as of an article or book)