Butterfly : The Purple Sapphire (Heliophorus epicles sumatrensis) from rejang land sumatra

The Purple Sapphire (Heliophorus epicles) is a small butterfly found in Rejang Land Sumatra that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.im not sure for the third name,because the for sumatra have 2 species Heliophorus epicles sumatrensis and Heliophorus ila ila
For Heliophorus epicles ,There appears to be some shuffling of taxa between H. epicles and H. ila. Not really sure about the real status of the following, shown as presented in [BOR], except for those that are mentioned in [MRS]. (Is epicles = ila ?)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Heliophorus
Species: H. epicles sumatrensis ?
Image Location : Talang Rimbo Lama Village,South Curup District, Rejang Lebong Regency References :
  • http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/lycaeninae/heliophorus/index.html
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliophorus_epicles

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