Heliophorus indicus explained

Heliophorus indicus, the Indian purple sapphire,^{[1] [2]} is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1908.

See also

• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

• Book: William Harry Evans

. Evans . W. H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 .

• Book: Gaonkar, Harish . Harish Gaonkar

. Harish Gaonkar . Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System . Centre for Ecological Sciences . Bangalore, India . 1996 .

• Book: Gay . Thomas . Kehimkar . Isaac David . Punetha . Jagdish Chandra . Common Butterflies of India . Nature Guides . World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press . Bombay, India . 1992 . 978-0195631647 .
• Book: Haribal, Meena . The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History . Gangtok, Sikkim, India . Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation . 1992 .
• Book: Kunte, Krushnamegh . Butterflies of Peninsular India . India, A Lifescape . Hyderabad, India . Universities Press . 2000 . 978-8173713545 .
• Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth

. Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 .

Notes and References

1. Book: A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India . Varshney . R.K. . Smetacek. Peter. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing . 2015. 978-81-929826-4-9. New Delhi. 93. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Heliophorus indicus (Fruhstorfer, 1908). Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 15, 2020.