Heliophorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Lycaeninae
Genus: Heliophorus
Subgenera: (2):
H. (Heliophorus) – H. (Kulua)

Species not assigned to a subgenus: H. forficatus – H. kiana

Overview of species

H. androcles – H. bakeri – H. brahma – H. brilliantinus – H. cantliei – H. delacouri – H. epicles – H. eventa – H. forficatus – H. gloria – H. hybrida – H. ila – H. indicus – H. kiana – H. kohimensis – H. moorei – H. oda – H. pulcher – H. saphir – H. saphirioides – H. smaragdinus – H. tamu – H. yunnani

Name

Heliophorus Geyer, 1832

Type species: Heliophorus belenus Geyer, 1832: 40, Figs 785, 786.

Synonymy

Heliophorus Geyer, [1832]: 40.
Ilerda Doubleday, 1847: 25. Type species: Polyommatus epicles Godart. Synonymy in Eliot, 1973: 441.

References

Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page.
Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 28(6): 371-505; 36 Pls.; 162 Text-figs. Reference page.
Geyer, C. [1832–37] in Hübner, J., 1808–1837. Zuträge zur Sammlung Erotischer Schmettelinge. Augsburg. By Geyer after Hübner's death: Vol.1, Vol.2, Vol.3, Vol.4, Vol.5. 172 pls. Reference page.
Huang, H. 1999. Some new butterflies from China 1. Lambillionea 99(4): 642–676. Reference page.
Riley, N.D., 1929. Revisional Notes on the Genus Heliophorus (Lycaenidae) with Descriptions of New Forms. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 33: 384-402, 28 text figs. BHL. Reference page.
Yago, M,, 2002. Comparative morphology and identification of the subgenus Kulua, with description of a new species from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Heliophorus). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 145 (2): 145-171. Reference page.
Yago, M. & Nakanishi, A. 2003. A new species of Heliophorus Geyer from Nepal, with a key to the Nepalese species: (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 108(1): 27-34. Reference page.
Yago, M., Saigusa, T. & Nakanishi, A. 2002. A Revision of the Heliophorus kohimensis Group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) (Systematics, Morphology and Evolution). Entomological Science 5(3): 375-388. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page.
Zhdanko, A.B. 1995. On the systematics of the genera Lycaena F. and Heliophorus Geyer (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 74(3): 652–661. [in Russian, English translation in Entomological review, 75(9): 1–11]. Reference page.

Vernacular names

中文: 彩灰蝶屬