Heliophorus saphir

Ilerda saphir from Elwes, 1882.

Ilerda saphir from Leech, 1893.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Kulua
Species: Heliophorus saphir

Name

Heliophorus saphir (Blanchard, 1871).

Type locality: Himalayas. "...la principauté thibétaine du Mou-pin".

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Thecla saphir Blanchard, 1871: 811.
• Ilerda saphir (Blanchard); Elwes, 1882: 402, pl.25 figs 9,10; Leech, 1893: 406, pl.30 figs 2,5.
• Heliophorus saphir (Blanchard); Moore, 1910: 108; Riley, 1929: 400, genit.

References

• Blanchard, C.É. 1871. Remarques sur la faune de la principauté thibétaine du Mou-pin. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 72: 807–813. PDF.Reference page. 
• Elwes, H.J. 1882. On a collection of butterflies from Sikkim. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882(3): 398–407, pl. 25. Reference page. 
• Leech, J.H. 1892-1894. Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea 1. pp 1-297, 2. pp 297–681, Map, Plates. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1910–1911. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 8. Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. 293pp., pls 640-705a. 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. 
• 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.