Heliophorus epicles
| Purple sapphire | |
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| From Jairampur, Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Heliophorus |
| Species: | H. epicles
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliophorus epicles Godart 1823
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Heliophorus epicles, the purple sapphire, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Subspecies
The subspecies of Heliophorus epicles found in India are-[1]
- Heliophorus epicles latilimbata Fruhstorfer, 1908 – Himalayan Purple Sapphire
Distribution
In India, this butterfly can only be traced in the Himalayas(2000–7000 ft). Apart from that they can be found in Kumaon Himalaya to South Myanmar. They mainly inhabit in dense forest region.[2][3][4]
Gallery
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In Uttar Pradesh, India -
In Himachal Pradesh, India -
Male on left, female right -
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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
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See also
References
- ^ "Heliophorus epicles Godart, 1823 – Purple Sapphire". Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Pratap Singh, Arun (2011). Butterflies of India (1st ed.). Utter Pradesh: Om Books International. p. 77. ISBN 978-93-80069-60-9.
- ^ Mahapatra,, A.K. "A preliminary study on diversity of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Macrolepidoptera) in Regional Institute of Education campus, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India" (PDF). The Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. pp. 489–496. ISSN 2320-7078. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Pal ., S.; et al. "HOLISTIC SURVEY ON BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY AT TWO SELECTED REGIONS OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BENGAL,INDIA" (PDF). International Research Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences. pp. 42–57. ISSN 2349-4077. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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- 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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