Heliophorus androcles

Green sapphire
Female top, male below
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Heliophorus
Species: H. androcles
Binomial name
Heliophorus androcles
(Westwood 1851)

Heliophorus androcles, the green sapphire, is a small butterfly found in India and Nepal that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

In Nepal

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