Heliophorus epicles latilimbata​  (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

Common Purple Sapphire
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Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Lycaeninae
​Genus: Heliophorus
Species: epicles
Subspecies: ​latilimbata​

  • Common name: Common Purple Sapphire
  • Thai name: ผีเสื้อขมิ้นกับปูนธรรมดา
  • Distribution: Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Andamans, Thailand, Laos.
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai (Chiang Dao, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P.)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Heliophorus epicles latilimbata from Thailand.
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata Chiang Dao Feb 2017.jpg
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata, Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai, Feb 2017
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Heliophorus epicles latilimbata, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai, 2014
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata from Thailand.jpg
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai, 2014
Common Purple Sapphire.jpg
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai, 2014
Common Purple Sapphire from Thailand.jpg
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai, 2014
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Heliophorus epicles latilimbata, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai, 2014
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata from Chiang Mai.jpg
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai, 2014
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata Doi Suthep Pui NP Sep 2018.jpg
Heliophorus epicles latilimbata, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai, Sep 2018
References: 
​A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM - Y.Inayoshi.
​Thai Butterflies
Wingscales