Heliophorus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Lycaeninae
Genus: Heliophorus
Subgenera: (2):
H. (Heliophorus) – H. (Incertae Sedis) – H. (Kulua)
Overview of species

H. androcles – H. bakeri – H. brahma – H. brilliantinus – H. cantliei – H. delacouri – H. epicles – H. eventa – H. forficatus – H. gloria – H. hybrida – H. ila – H. indicus – H. kiana – H. kohimensis – H. moorei – H. oda – H. pulcher – H. saphir – H. saphirioides – H. smaragdinus – H. tamu – H. yunnani
Name

Heliophorus Geyer, 1832

Type species: Heliophorus belenus Geyer, 1832: 40, Figs 785,786.
Synonymy

Heliophorus Geyer, [1832]: 40.
Ilerda Doubleday, 1847: 25. TS: Polyommatus epicles Godart. Synonymy in Eliot, 1973: 441.

References

Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page.
Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology 28(6): 371-505. Reference page.
Geyer, C.M., [1832-37] in Hübner, J., 1808 - 1837. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmettelinge. Augsburg. By Geyer after Hübner's death: Vol.1, Vol.2, Vol.3, Vol.4, Vol.5. 172 pls. Reference page.
Huang, H. 1999. Some new butterflies from China 1. Lambillionea 99(4): 642–676. Reference page.
Riley, N.D., 1929. Revisional Notes on the Genus Heliophorus (Lycaenidae) with Descriptions of New Forms. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 33: 384-402, 28 text figs. BHL. Reference page.
Yago, M,, 2002. Comparative morphology and identification of the subgenus Kulua, with description of a new species from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Heliophorus). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 145 (2): 145-171. Reference page.
Yago, M. & Nakanishi, A. 2003. A new species of Heliophorus Geyer from Nepal, with a key to the Nepalese species: (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 108(1): 27-34. Reference page.
Yago, M., Saigusa, T. & Nakanishi, A. 2002. A Revision of the Heliophorus kohimensis Group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) (Systematics, Morphology and Evolution). Entomological Science 5(3), 375-388. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page.
Zhdanko, A.B. 1995. On the systematics of the genera Lycaena F. and Heliophorus Geyer (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 74(3): 652–661. [in Russian, English translation in Entomological review, 75(9): 1–11]. Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 彩灰蝶屬

Heliophorus is a genus of lycaenid butterflies.
Selected species

Heliophorus androcles
Heliophorus bakeri
Heliophorus brahma
Heliophorus epicles
Heliophorus hybrida
Heliophorus kohimensis
Heliophorus oda
Heliophorus sena
Heliophorus tamu

References

Savela, Markku. "Heliophorus Geyer in Hübner, [1832]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 2, 2019.