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Heliophorus epicles (Purple sapphire butterfly)

Synonyms: Heliophorus belenus; Ilerda hilima; Polyommatus epicles

Wikipedia Abstract

Heliophorus epicles, the purple sapphire, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
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Infraspecies

Heliophorus epicles epicles
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata
Heliophorus epicles phoenicoparyphus
Heliophorus epicles sakaii
Heliophorus epicles sumatrensis
Heliophorus epicles tweediei

Prey / Diet

Persicaria chinensis (Chinese knotweed)[1]

External References

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0