Heliophorus epicles

Heliophorus epicles from Seitz, Vol.9.

Heliophorus epicles in Horsfield, 1829.

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
Subgenus: Heliophorus (Heliophorus)
Species: Heliophorus epicles
Subspecies: (6)
H. e. epicles – H. e. hilima – H. e. latilimbata – H. e. phoenicoparyphus – H. e. sumatrensis – H. e. tweediei

Name

Heliophorus epicles Godart, [1824].

Type locality: Indonesia, W.Java.

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Polyommatus epicles Godart, [1824]: 646.
• Heliophorus belenus Geyer, [1832]: 40, pl.135, figs 785-786.
• Thecla epicles (Godart); Horsfield, [1829]: 92, pl.1 fig.3; Westwood, [1851]: 487.
• Ilerda epicles (Godart); Hewitson, 1865: 58; Fruhstorfer, 1912: 252.
• Heliophorus epicles (Godart); Moore, 1910: 103; Fruhstorfer, 1918: 48; Bridges, 1994: IX.48.
• Heliophorus epicles epicles (Godart); Eliot, 1963.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Eliot, 1963. The Heliophorus epicles (Godart, 1823) Complex. Entomologist 96: 169–180, 14 figs. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1918. Revision der Lycaenidgruppe Heliophorus auf Grund der Klammerorgane. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 61: 45–53, pl.6. text, plate. Reference page. 
• Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1910–1911. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 8. Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. 293pp., pls 640-705a. Reference page. 
• Murayama, S., 1992. Some new Lycaenid species of Chinese Lepidoptera. Nature Insects 27(5): 37–41. Reference page. 
• Eltringham, H., Poulton, E.B., Riley, N.D. & Talbot, G. 1929. African Rhopalocera: descriptions and notes. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 77: 475–504. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page. 
• Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

বাংলা: আরুণ
English: Purple Sapphire