Heliophorus

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Heliophorus
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

Several, see text

Synonyms

Ilerda Doubleday, 1847

Heliophorus is a genus of lycaenid butterflies.

Selected species

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