Heliophorus indicus indicus (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Indian Purple Sapphire)

Bhowmik, Suman, 2021, Fifty-one new additions to the butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) fauna of Tripura, North-east India, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (1), pp. 35-60 : 47

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.35249/rche.47.1.21.04
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:07DA43A6-7C28-4088-8371-6BB366EDDA4A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11130260
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F1E917-6E46-6904-12A0-9B16B9BCFE2D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Heliophorus indicus indicus (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Indian Purple Sapphire)
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19. Heliophorus indicus indicus (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Indian Purple Sapphire) View in CoL

Remarks. A mating couple was sighted from Jampui Hills (23°59’17” N & 92°16’46” E, ca. 350 m above msl.) on 07.xi.2019. Immediately after mating, the male flew away and perched on a Colocasia leaf with his wing wide open, where it was photographed. This species is very rare throughout the state.

Current known distribution. Nepal, Myanmar, India (Sikkim, Assam) ( Van Gasse 2013; Varshney & Smetacek 2015).