Heliophorus epicles
Purple sapphire | |
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From Jairampur, Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Heliophorus |
Species: | H. epicles |
Binomial name | |
Heliophorus epicles Godart 1823 | |
Heliophorus epicles, the purple sapphire, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Gallery
- In Uttar Pradesh, India
- In Himachal Pradesh, India
- Male on left, female right
- Male at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India
- Male at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India
- Male at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India
- Male at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India
- Male at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India
- Female at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India
- Female at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India
- Female at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India
See also
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
- Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195631647.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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