• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Purple Sapphire
  ไทย	ขมิ้นกับปูนธรรมดา
  中文	彩灰蝶
  زبان_فارسی	الماس ارغوانی

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Polyommatus epicles	Godart, 1824

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Heliophorus (H.) epicles epicles	Godart, 1823
  Heliophorus (H.) epicles hilima	Fruhstorfer, 1912
  Heliophorus (H.) epicles latilimbata	(Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  Heliophorus (H.) epicles phoenicoparyphus	(Holland, 1887)
  Heliophorus (H.) epicles sumatrensis	Fruhstorfer, 1908
  Heliophorus (H.) epicles tweediei	Eliot, 1963

• Heliophorus (H.) epicles is a member of the clade Heliophorus epicles:

• Species	Author
  Heliophorus (H.) cantliei	Eliot, 1965
  Heliophorus (H.) epicles	(Godart, [1824])
  Heliophorus (H.) ila	(de Nicéville & Martin, [1896])
  Heliophorus (H.) indicus	(Fruhstorfer, 1908)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Butterflies of India	Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy
  	Lepiforum e. V.

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