Summary description from Wikipedia:

Heliophorus epicles in languages:

Chinese

斜斑彩灰蝶 (紅緣黃灰蝶)

Chinese

紅緣黃灰蝶

English

Purple Sapphire

Thai

ผีเสื้อขมิ้นกับปูนธรรมดา

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Parent Taxon

• Heliophorus

Sibling Taxa

• Heliophorus delacouri
• Heliophorus epicles
• Heliophorus ila
• Heliophorus indicus
• Heliophorus kohimensis

Child Taxa

• Heliophorus epicles latilimbata

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