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Heliophorus Geyer in Hübner, [1832]

Sapphires
Heliophorus Geyer, [1832]; in Hübner, Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : 40, TS: Heliophorus belenus Geyer
Ilerda Doubleday, 1847; List. Spec. lep. Ins. Brit. Mus 2: 25, TS: Polyommatus epicles Godart

Larva on Rumex [BHR]

Heliophorus moorei (Hewitson, [1865])

-. See [About maps] Azure Sapphire
moorei (Hewitson, [1865]); Ill. diurn. Lep., Lycaenidae (2): 58
?Heliophorus androcles moorei ; [BIR, 305]
Heliophorus moorei ; [BOW: pl. 176, f. 19, pl. 205, f. 33 (?Kollar)]; [MRS, 665]

H. m. moorei

NW.India, Sikkim, Assam, N.Burma, S.Tibet Heliophorus moorei moorei ; [BOR, 634]; Huang & Wu, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 128

H. m. birmana Fruhstorfer²

S.Burma Heliophorus moorei birmana ; [BOR, 634 (name)]

H. m. saphir (Blanchard, 1871)

saphir (Blanchard, 1871)
Heliophorus moorei saphir ; [MRS, 665]

H. m. saphirioides Murayama, 1992

China Heliophorus saphirioides Murayama, 1992; Nature & Ins. 27 (5): 38
Heliophorus moore saphirioides ; [MRS, 665]

H. m. coruscans (Moore, 1882)

Kashmir - Kumaon ?Heliophorus androcles coruscans ; [BIR, 305]
Heliophorus moorei coruscans ; Huang & Wu, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 128

Heliophorus brahma Moore, 1857²

Kujmaon - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Golden Sapphire
brahma Moore, 1857²; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 29
Heliophorus brahma ; [BIR, 304 (key)]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 176, f. 17]

H. b. brahma

NW.India - Assam Heliophorus brahma brahma ; [BOR, 634]

H. b. mogoka Evans, 1932

Burma, N.Thailand, Yunnan Heliophorus brahma mogoka Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 247, TL: Mogok
Heliophorus brahma mogoka, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Heliophorus brahma mogoka ; [BOR, 634 (name)]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 104 (note)

Heliophorus hybrida Tytler, 1912²

Sikkim. See [About maps] hybrida Tytler, 1912²; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 599
Heliophorus hybrida ; [BOR, 635]
Heliophorus brahma ab. hybrida ;

Heliophorus kohimensis Tytler, 1912²

Assam (Naga Hills). See [About maps] Naga Sapphire
kohimensis Tytler, 1912²; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 598
Heliophorus kohimensis ; [BIR, 303(key)]; [BOR, 634]

Heliophorus epicles (Godart, [1824])

Kumaon - Assam, Burma. See [About maps] Purple Sapphire
Polyommatus epicles Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 604, 646, no. 109, TL: E.Java
Heliophorus belenus Geyer, [1832]; in Hübner, Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : 40, : pl. [135] (1827 - 1831), f. 785-786
Heliophorus epicles ; [BIR, 303 (key), 304]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 176, f. 18 (text)]

456x379 (~40Kb) upperside Mao (On the border of Nagaland and Manipur), India, 07 Nov 2003, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

There appears to be some shuffling of taxa between H. epicles and H. ila. Not really sure about the real status of the following, shown as presented in [BOR], except for those that are mentioned in [MRS]. (Is epicles = ila ?)

H. e. epicles

W.Java Heliophorus epicles epicles ; [BOR, 634 (name)]

H. e. hilima Fruhstorfer²

E.Java Heliophorus epicles hilima ; [BOR, 634 (name)]

H. e. latilimbata Eliot, 1963

Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Burma, Andamans, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, S.Yunnan Ilerda epicles f. latilimbata Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Zs. 22 (12): 49 (20 June), TL: Sikkim
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

H. e. tweediei Eliot, 1963

Peninsular Malaya Heliophorus tweediei Eliot, 1963; Entomologist 96 (8): 173
Heliophorus epicles tweediei ; [BMP: 262, pl. 38, f. 25-27]; [BOR, 635 (name)]

H. e. sumatrensis Fruhstorfer²

Sumatra Heliophorus epicles sumatrensis ; [BOR, 635 (name)]

H. e. phoenicoparyphus (Holland, 1878)

Hainan phoenicoparyphus (Holland, 1878)
Heliophorus epicles phoenicoparyphus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Heliophorus epicles phoenicoparyphus ; [BOR, 635 (name)]
Heliophorus phoenicoparyphus ; [MRS, 665]

Heliophorus indicus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam - Burma, N.Thailand, Laos. See [About maps] Ilerda epicles indicus Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Zs. 22 (12): 49 (20 June), TL: Sikkim
Heliophorus indicus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Heliophorus epicles indicus ; [BOR, 635]

Heliophorus kiana Grose-Smith, 1889²

N.Borneo. See [About maps] kiana Grose-Smith, 1889²; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3: 317
Heliophorus kiana ; [BOR, 635]

Heliophorus ila (de Nicéville & Martin, [1896])

-. See [About maps] Ilerda ila de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 64 (3): 472
Heliophorus ila ; [BOW: pl. 176, f. 18]; [MRS, 666]

H. i. ila

Sumatra (Korintji Valley) Heliophorus ila ila ; [BOR, 635]

H. i. malaya Pendlebury, 1936

Peninsular Malaya Heliophorus malaya Pendlebury, 1936; J. Fed. Malay St. Mus., 18 (1): 183
Heliophorus ila malaya ; [BMP: 262, pl. 38, pl. 28-30]; [BOR, 635 (name)]

H. i. nolus Eliot, 1963

S.Burma, Thailand Heliophorus ila nolus Eliot, 1963; Entomologist 96 (8): 175, TL: Taok Plateau. Tenasserim
Heliophorus ila nolus, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Heliophorus ila nolus ; [BOR, 635]

H. i. chinensis (Fruhstorfer)

China Heliophorus ila chinensis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Heliophorus epicles chinensis ; [BOR, 635 (name)]
Heliophorus ila chinensis ; [MRS, 666]

H. i. urius Eliot, 1963

S.Yunnan, ...

H. i. matsumurae (Fruhstorfer)

Taiwan Heliophorus epicles matsumurae ; [BOR, 635 (name)]
Heliophorus ila matsumurae ; [MRS, 666]

Larva on Polygonum chinese, Rumex japonicus [MRS]

Heliophorus pulcher Chou, 1994

Sichuan. See [About maps] Heliophorus pulcher Chou, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 771, 665, TL: Miyi 1900m, Sichuan

Heliophorus cantliei Eliot, 1965

S.Burma (Tenasserim), ?Thailand. See [About maps] Heliophorus cantliei Eliot, 1965; Entomologist 98: 66, TL: Burma
Heliophorus cantlei[sic?] ; [BOR, 635]

Heliophorus tamu (Kollar, [1844])

NW.India - N.Burma. See [About maps] Powdery Green Sapphire
tamu (Kollar, [1844]); in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4 (5): 417
Heliophorus tamu ; [BIR, 304]; [BOR, 635]

H. t. kala (Tytler, 1912)

N.Burma, N.Thailand Ilerda tamu kala Tytler, 1912; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 599, pl. B, f. 18

Heliophorus androcles (Westwood, [1851])

Kashmir - Assam, N.Burma - W.China. See [About maps] Green Sapphire
Ilerda androcles Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 487 (1852)
Heliophorus androcles ; [BIR, 304 (key), 305]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 176, f. 14]; [BOR, 635]; [MRS, 665]

H. a. androcles

Assam - N.Burma Heliophorus androcles androcles ; [BIR, 305]

H. a. tytleri

Nagas Heliophorus androcles tytleri ; [BIR, 305]

H. a. trilunulata Huang, 1999

SE.Tibet Heliophorus androcles trilunulata ; Huang & Wu, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 129

H. a. rubida Riley, 1929

Yunnan, ...? Heliophorus androcles rubida ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 104 (note)

Heliophorus sena Kollar, [1844]²

W.Himalayas, Kashmir, Chitral - Kumaon. See [About maps] Sorrel Sapphire
sena Kollar, [1844]²; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek, 4 (2): 415
Heliophorus sena ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 205, f. 33 (text)]; [BIR, 303 (key)]

Larva on Rumex hastatus [BHR]

Heliophorus bakeri Evans, 1927²

N.India, Kashmir, Chitral - Dalhousie, Kulu. See [About maps] Western Blue Sapphire
bakeri Evans, 1927²; Indian Butterflies (ed. 1): 158
Heliophorus bakeri ; [BIR, 304 (key)]; [BOW: pl. 176, f. 15, 16]

Heliophorus oda Hewitson, 1865²

W.Himalayas, Chamba - Naini Tal. See [About maps] Eastern Blue Sapphire
oda Hewitson, 1865²; Illustr. Di. Lep.
Heliophorus oda ; [BIR, 304 (key)]; [BOW: pl. 176, f. 15 (text)]

Heliophorus yunnani

Yunnan. See [About maps]

Heliophorus viridipunctata (de Nicéville, 1890)

W.Himalayas, Kashmir - W.China. See [About maps] Ilerda viridipunctata de Nicéville, 1890; in Marshal & de Nicéville, Butts India Burmah Ceylon 3: 329

H. v. viridipunctata

Assam, ...

H. v. naxi Yoshino, 1997

N.Yunnan Heliophorus viridipunctata naxi Yoshino, 1997; Neo Lepidoptera 2: 7, f. 50-53, TL: Zhondian, 2000m, N.Yunnan

Heliophorus stotzneri (Draeseke, 1925)

Sichuan. See [About maps] Ilerda stotzneri Draeseke, 1925; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 39: 223

Heliophorus eventa Fruhstorfer, 1918

Yunnan, ...?. See [About maps] ?Heliophorus rufa Riley, 1929; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 33 (2): 400
Heliophorus eventa, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
f. rufa ;
Heliophorus eventa ; Huang, 2001; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 104 (note)

Heliophorus forficatus Yago & Nakanashi, 2003

Nepal. See [About maps] Heliophorus forficatus Yago & Nakanashi, 2003; Bull. soc. ent. Fr. 108 (1): (27-34), TL: Nepal

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BHR]

D'Abrera; Butterflies of the Holarctic Region, Part I-III

[BIR]

Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

[BMP]

Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2

[BOR]

D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

de Nicéville & Martin, [1896]

A List o fthe Butterflies of Sumatra with special reference to the Species occurring in the north-east of the Island J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, (II) 64 (3): 357-555

Westwood, [1851]

The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), 19-132, pl. 4x, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), 133-200, pl. 1x, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)

Draeseke, 1925

Die Schmetterlinge der Stötznerschen Ausbeute (4) Dt. ent. Z. Iris 39: 211-231

Eliot, 1963

The Heliophorus epicles (Godart, 1823) Complex. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Entomologist 96 (8): 169-180, 14 figs

Evans, 1932

The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): x + 454pp, 9 figs, 32 pls

Fruhstorfer, 1908

Lepidopterologisches Pêle-Mêle. I. Neue ostasiatische Rhopaloceren Ent. Zs. 22 (11): 46-47 (13 June), (12): 48-49 (20 June)

Godart, [1824]

in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 (2): 329-828 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 329-828

Grose-Smith, 1889

Descriptions of ten more new Species of Butterflies captured by Mr. John Whitehead at Kina Balu Mountain, North Borneo Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 3: 312-319

Hewitson, [1865]

Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep., Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,*37, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54 (Suppl.) pp. 1-16,3a,3b,3c, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,*151, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,*185, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,*209, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92 (Suppl.) pp. 1a,1b,3a,3b,4a,5a,5b,7-8 (1878), [* = temporary page]

Huang, 2003

A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114

Huang & Wu, 2003

New and little known Chinese butteflies in the collection of the Institue of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing - 1 Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 115-143

Geyer in Hübner, [1832]

Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 4 [1826]-1832 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : pl. [104-131], f. 601-764 (1826), pl. [132-137], f. 765-800 (1827 - 1831), [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-48 (1832)

Moore, 1857

A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): v,[ii] + 1-278 + IV + 11, 18pls, expl.

Pendlebury, 1936

Some new Records of Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula J. Fed. Malay St. Mus., 18 (1): 178-186

Riley, 1929

Revisional notes on the genus Heliophorus with descriptions of new forms J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 33 (2): 382-402

Tytler, 1912

Notes on butterflies from the Naga Hills. 2 J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 588-606

Yoshino, 1997

New Butterflies from China 2 Neo Lepidoptera 2: 1-8

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Keep in mind that the taxononic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.