| Heliophorus | |
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| Purple Sapphire Heliophorus epicles - Female at Samsing, Duars, WB | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Lycaeninae |
| Genus: | Heliophorus Geyer, 1832 |
| Species | |
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Several, see text |
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| Synonyms | |
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Ilerda Doubleday, 1847 |
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Heliophorus is a genus of lycaenid butterflies.