• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Dark Sapphire
  English	Indian Purple Sapphire
  ไทย	ขมิ้นกับปูนอินเดีย
  中文	印度彩灰蝶

• Heliophorus (H.) indicus 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
  	Butterflies of Indo-China	Y.Inayoshi

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