Description

• Common Name : Golden Sapphire
• Scientific Name : Heliophorus brahma (Moore)
• Family : LYCAENIDAE
• Wingspan : 30-38mm
• Colour : UN bright yellow with dark discal lines.Male golden coppery on UP.
• Habit : Flight not very fast, but quick on the wing. Flies in the Himalayas between 1200-2400 mt. Keeps low level on flowers and stones. Seen along forest paths.
• Larval Host Plants : Rumex spp.
• Location : Himalayan West Bengal