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Heliophorus
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thumb|Female Heliophorus epicles|H. epicles, [[West Bengal, India]] Heliophorus is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. It is distributed in tropical Asia.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, MSU
- Recorded in
- Nepal, Vietnam, China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lycaeninae
- Image
- Purple Sapphire (Heliophorus epicles)- Female at Samsing, Duars, WB W IMG 6182.jpg
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- Heliophorus
- topic's main category
- Category:Heliophorus
- taxon name
- Heliophorus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|Female Heliophorus epicles|H. epicles, [[West Bengal, India]] Heliophorus is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. It is distributed in tropical Asia.
==Species== There are 19 recognized species:
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