- Heliophorus epicles
Taxobox
name = Purple Sapphire
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Purple Sapphire from Jairampur, Arunachal Pradesh, India
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
superfamilia =Papilionoidea
familia =Lycaenidae
genus = "Heliophorus "
species = "H. epicles"
binomial = "Heliophorus epicles"
binomial_authority = Godart 1823The Purple Sapphire ("Heliophorus epicles") is a small
butterfly found inIndia that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.References
* Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
* Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
* Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
* Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
* Kunte,Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.ee also
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Lycaenidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae) Gallery
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