Indian purple sapphire | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Heliophorus |
Species: | H. indicus |
Binomial name | |
Heliophorus indicus (Fruhstorfer, 1908) | |
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