This is a list of the Lycaenidae of Europe. It is a part of List of the butterflies of Europe.
Subfamily Aphnaeinae
Subfamily Lycaeninae
Tribe Lycaenini
- Small copper, Lycaena phlaeas <small>(Linnaeus, 1761)</small>
- Large copper, Lycaena dispar <small>(Haworth, 1802)</small>
- Violet copper Lycaena helle <small>Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775</small>
- Lycaena ottomanus <small>(Lefèbvre, 1830)</small>
- Scarce copper, Lycaena virgaureae <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Sooty copper, Lycaena tityrus <small>(Poda, 1761)</small>
- Iberian sooty copper, Lycaena bleusei <small>Oberthur, 1884</small>
- Purple-shot copper, Lycaena alciphron <small>(Rottemburg, 1775)</small>
- Purple-edged copper, Lycaena hippothoe <small>(Linnaeus, 1761)</small>
- Balkan copper, Lycaena candens <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, [1844])</small>
- Lesser fiery copper, Lycaena thersamon <small>(Esper, 1784)</small>
- Golden copper, Lycaena thetis <small>Klug 1834</small>
Subfamily Polyommatinae
Tribe Polyommatini
- Nordic blue, Agriades aquilo <small>(Boisduval, 1832)</small>
- Bosnian blue, Agriades dardanus <small>(Freyer, 1844)</small>
- Arctic blue, Agriades glandon <small>(de Prunner, 1798)</small>
- Cranberry blue, Agriades optilete <small>(Knoch, 1781)</small>
- Alpine argus, Agriades orbitulus <small>(de Prunner, 1798)</small>
- Gavarnie blue, Agriades pyrenaicus <small>(Boisduval, 1840)</small>
- Zullich's blue, Agriades zullichi
- Brown argus, Aricia agestis <small>(Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)</small>
- Blue argus, Aricia anteros <small>(Freyer, 1838)</small>
- Northern brown argus, Aricia artaxerxes <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- Southern brown argus, Aricia cramera <small>Eschscholtz, 1821</small>
- Mountain argus, Aricia montensis <small>Verity, 1928</small>
- Spanish argus, Aricia morronensis <small>(Ribbe, 1910)</small>
- Silvery argus, Aricia nicias <small>(Meigen, 1830)</small>
- Topaz-spotted blue, Azanus jesous <small>(Guérin-Méneville, 1847)</small>
- Velvet-spotted blue, Azanus ubaldus <small>(Stoll, 1782)</small>
- Geranium bronze, Cacyreus marshalli <small>Butler, 1898</small>
- Holly blue, Celastrina argiolus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Provençal short-tailed blue, Cupido alcetas <small>(Hoffmansegg, 1804)</small>
- Short-tailed blue, Cupido argiades <small>(Pallas, 1771)</small>
- Eastern short-tailed blue, Cupido decolorata <small>(Staudinger, 1886)</small>
- Lorquin's blue, Cupido lorquinii <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)</small>
- Small blue, Cupido minimus <small>(Fuessly, 1775)</small>
- Osiris blue, Cupido osiris <small>(Meigen, 1829)</small>
- Carswell's little blue, Cupido carswelli <small>Stempffer, 1927</small>
- Mazarine blue, Cyaniris semiargus <small>(Rottemburg, 1775)</small>
- Geranium argus, Eumedonia eumedon <small>(Esper 1780)</small>
- Grass jewel, Freyeria trochylus <small>(Freyer, 1845)</small>
- Glabroculus cyane <small>(Eversmann, 1837)</small>
- Green-underside blue, Glaucopsyche alexis <small>(Poda, 1761)</small>
- Black-eyed blue, Glaucopsyche melanops <small>(Boisduval, 1828)</small>
- Paphos blue, Glaucopsyche paphos <small>Chapman, 1920</small>
- Iolas blue, Iolana iolas <small>(Ochsenheimer, 1816)</small>
- Eastern brown argus, Kretania eurypilus <small>(Freyer, 1851)</small>
- Spanish zephyr blue, Kretania hesperica <small>(Rambur, 1840)</small>
- Cretan argus, Kretania psylorita <small>(Freyer, 1845)</small>
- Zephyr blue, Kretania pylaon <small>(Fischer von Waldheim, 1832)</small>
- Zephyr blue, Kretania sephirus <small>(Frivaldzky, 1835)</small>
- Alpine zephyr blue, Kretania trappi <small>(Verity, 1927)</small>
- Long-tailed blue, Lampides boeticus <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Lang's short-tailed blue, Leptotes pirithous <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
- Canary blue, Leptotes webbianus <small>(Brullé, 1839)</small>
- Persian grass blue, Luthrodes galba <small>(Lederer, 1855)</small>
- Spanish chalk-hill blue, Lysandra albicans <small>(Gerhard, 1851)</small>
- Adonis blue, Lysandra bellargus <small>(Rottemburg, 1775)</small>
- Azure chalkhill blue, Lysandra caelestissima <small>(Vérity, 1921)</small>
- Chalkhill blue, Lysandra coridon <small>(Poda, 1761)</small>
- False chalkhill blue, Lysandra corydonius <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)</small>
- Lysandra gennargenti <small>Leigheb, 1987</small>
- Provence chalk-hill blue, Lysandra hispana <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)</small>
- Lysandra nufrellensis <small>Schurian, 1977</small>
- Pontic blue, Neolysandra coelestina <small>(Eversmann, 1843)</small>
- Alcon blue, Phengaris alcon <small>(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)</small>
- Large blue, Phengaris arion <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Dusky large blue, Phengaris nausithous <small>(Bergsträsser, 1779)</small>
- Scarce large blue, Phengaris teleius <small>(Bergsträsser, 1779)</small>
- Large jewel blue, Plebejidea loewii <small>(Zeller, 1847)</small>
- Silver-studded blue, Plebejus argus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Reverdin's blue, Plebejus argyrognomon <small>(Bergsträsser, 1779)</small>
- Bellier's Blue, Plebejus bellieri <small>(Oberthür, 1910)</small>
- Idas blue, Plebejus idas <small>(Linnaeus, 1761)</small>
- Anomalous blue, Polyommatus admetus <small>(Esper, 1783)</small>
- Amanda's blue, Polyommatus amandus <small>(Schneider, 1792)</small>
- Grecian anomalous blue, Polyommatus aroaniensis <small>(Brown, 1976)</small>
- Polyommatus celina <small>(Austaut, 1879)</small>
- Polyommatus damocles <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)</small> European Russia
- Damon blue, Polyommatus damon <small>(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)</small>
- Polyommatus damone <small>(Eversmann, 1841)</small> Ukraine, Russia
- Meleager's blue, Polyommatus daphnis <small>(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)</small>
- Furry blue, Polyommatus dolus <small>(Hübner, 1823)</small>
- Turquoise blue, Polyommatus dorylas <small>(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)</small>
- Eros blue, Polyommatus eros <small>(Ochsenheimer, 1808)</small>
- Escher's blue, Polyommatus escheri <small>(Hübner, 1823)</small>
- OberthürâÂÂs anomalous blue, Polyommatus fabressei <small>(Oberthür, 1910)</small>
- Catalonian furry blue, Polyommatus fulgens <small>(De Sagarra, 1925)</small>
- Sierra Nevada blue, Polyommatus golgus <small>(Hübner, 1813)</small>
- Piedmont anomalous blue, Polyommatus humedasae <small>Toso & Balletto, 1976</small>
- Common blue, Polyommatus icarus <small>(Rottemburg, 1775)</small>
- Chelmos blue, Polyommatus iphigenia <small>(Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)</small>
- Anatolian white-blue, Polyommatus menalcas <small>(Freyer, 1837)</small>
- HigginsâÂÂs anomalous blue, Polyommatus nephohiptamenos <small>(Brown & Coutsis, 1978)</small>
- Mother-of-pearl blue, Polyommatus nivescens <small>Keferstein, 1851</small>
- Kolev's anomalous blue, Polyommatus orphicus <small>Kolev, 2005</small>
- Ripart's anomalous blue, Polyommatus ripartii <small>(Freyer, 1830)</small>
- Chapman's blue, Polyommatus thersites <small>(Cantener, 1835)</small>
- Polyommatus timfristos <small>Lukhtanov, Vishnevskaya & Shapoval, 2016</small>
- Andalusian anomalous blue, Polyommatus violetae <small>(Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & MartÃÂnez, 1979)</small>
- Sardinian blue, Pseudophilotes barbagiae <small>De Prins & van der Poorten, 1982</small>
- False baton blue, Pseudophilotes abencerragus <small>(Pierret, 1837)</small>
- Baton blue, Pseudophilotes baton <small>(Bergsträsser, 1779)</small>
- Bavius blue, Pseudophilotes bavius <small>(Eversmann, 1832)</small>
- Panoptes blue, Pseudophilotes panoptes <small>(Hübner, 1813)</small>
- Eastern baton blue, Pseudophilotes vicrama <small>(Moore, 1865)</small>
- Chequered blue, Scolitantides orion <small>(Pallas, 1771)</small>
- Balkan Pierrot, Tarucus balkanica <small>(Freyer, 1844)</small>
- Common tiger blue, Tarucus theophrastus <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small>
- Fischer's blue, Tongeia fischeri <small>(Eversmann, 1843)</small>
- Turanana taygetica <small>(Rebel, 1902)</small>
- Dark grass blue, Zizeeria karsandra <small>(Moore, 1865)</small>
- African grass blue, Zizeeria knysna <small>(Trimen, 1862)</small>
Subfamily Theclinae
Tribe Eumaeini
- Chapman's green hairstreak, Callophrys avis <small>Chapman, 1909</small>
- Sovinsky's green hairstreak, Callophrys chalybeitincta <small>, Sovinsky, 1905</small> Russia
- Alpine green hairstreak, Callophrys suaveola <small>(Staudinger, 1881)</small> Russia
- Green hairstreak, Callophrys rubi <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Neolycaena rhymnus <small>(Eversmann, 1832)</small>
- Sloe hairstreak, Satyrium acaciae <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small>
- False ilex hairstreak, Satyrium esculi <small>(Hübner, 1804)</small>
- Ilex hairstreak, Satyrium ilicis <small>(Esper, 1779)</small>
- Satyrium ledereri <small>(Boisduval, 1848)</small>
- Black hairstreak, Satyrium pruni <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Blue spot hairstreak, Satyrium spini <small>(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)</small>
- White-letter hairstreak, Satyrium w-album <small>(Knoch, 1782)</small>
Tribe Theclini
Tribe Tomarini
References
- Higgins, L.G. & Riley, N.D. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe. Collins
- Tshikolovets, V.V. Butterflies of Europe and Mediterranean Area. Tshikolovets, Kiev