Heliophorus

Heliophorus
Female purple sapphire (Heliophorus epicles) at Samsing, Duars, West Bengal, India
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Heliophorini
Genus: Heliophorus
Geyer, 1832
Species

19, see text

Synonyms
  • Ilerda Doubleday, 1847
  • Nesa Zhdanko, 1995
  • Kulua Zhdanko, 1995

Heliophorus is a genus of lycaenid butterflies. It is distributed in tropical Asia.

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