''Lycaena'' is a genus of butterflies. The genus range is Holarctic, with the exception of four species found in New Zealand, two in South Africa, one in New Guinea and one in Java. It is commonly divided into several subgenera, such as ''Antipodolycaena''. Many formerly independent genera are now subsumed within ''Lycaena''; the genus ''Gaiedes'' may also belong here. Many of the subgenera, species groups and species listed here may be Synonym (taxonomy), synonyms.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:''Lycaena''
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Subgenus ''Tharsalea'' Scudder, 1876: *''Lycaena arota'' (Boisduval, 1852) – tailed copper Subgenus ''Chalceria'' Scudder, 1876:
The ''thaeides'' species group: *''Lycaena dione'' (Scudder, 1868) *''Lycaena editha'' (Mead, 1878) – Edith's copper California, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada *''Lycaena gorgon'' (Boisduval, 1852) – gorgon copper Nevada, California, Oregon *''Lycaena xanthoides'' (Boisduval, 1852) – great gray copper California The ''chalceria'' species group: *''Lycaena ferrisi'' Johnson & Balogh, 1977 – Ferris' copper Arizona *''Lycaena heteronea'' Boisduval, 1858 – blue copper *''Lycaena rubidus'' (Behr, 1866) – ruddy copper Subgenus Epidemia Scudder, 1876:
The ''hyllolycaena'' species group: *''Lycaena hyllus'' (Cramer, [1775]) – bronze copper The ''epidemia'' species group: *''Lycaena dorcas'' Kirby, 1837 – dorcas copper or cinquefoil copper *''Lycaena dospassosi'' McDunnough, 1940 *''Lycaena epixanthe'' (Boisduval & Leconte, [1835]) – bog copper, cranberry-bog copper *''Lycaena helloides'' (Boisduval, 1852) – purplish copper *''Lycaena nivalis'' (Boisduval, 1869) – nivalis copper *''Lycaena mariposa'' (Reakirt, 1866) – mariposa copper Subgenus ''Hermelycaena'' Miller & Brown, 1979: *''Lycaena hermes'' (Edwards, 1870) – Hermes copper Subgenus ''Antipodolycaena'' Smart, 1975: *''Lycaena boldenarum'' White, 1862 New Zealand *''Lycaena feredayi'' (Bates, 1867) – glade copper *''Lycaena rauparaha'' (Fereday, 1877) New Zealand *''Lycaena salustius'' (Fabricius, 1793) – common copper Unnamed subgenus:
The ''heodes'' species group: *''Lycaena ottomanus'' (Lefèbvre, 1830) – Grecian copper *''Lycaena tityrus'' (Poda, 1761) – sooty copper *''Lycaena virgaureae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – scarce copper The ''palaeochrysophanus'' species group: *''Lycaena candens'' (Herrich-Schäffer, [1844]) South Europe, Caucasus, Transcaucasia *''Lycaena hippothoe'' (Linnaeus, 1761) – purple-edged copper Subgenus ''Lycaena'' Fabricius, 1807:
The ''helle'' species group: *''Lycaena helle'' ([Schiffermüller], 1775) – violet copper *''Lycaena irmae'' Bailey, 1932 South Tibet *''Lycaena li'' (Oberthür, 1886) West China *''Lycaena ouang'' (Oberthür, 1891) Yunnan *''Lycaena pang'' (Oberthür, 1886) West China, Tibet *''Lycaena svenhedini'' (Nordström, 1935) China *''Lycaena tseng'' (Oberthür, 1886) North Burma to West China The ''phlaeas'' species group: *''Lycaena cupreus'' (Edwards, 1870) – lustrous copper *''Lycaena kiyokoae'' Sakai, 1978 Afghanistan *''Lycaena phlaeas'' (Linnaeus, 1761) – small copper, common copper, American copper *''Lycaena sichuanica'' Bozano & Weidenhoffer, 2001 The ''thersamolycaena'' species group: *''Lycaena aeolus'' Wyatt, 1961 West Pamirs, Afghanistan *''Lycaena aeolides'' (Churkin, 1999) Gissar Range, Central Asia *''Lycaena alciphron'' (Rottemburg, 1775) – purple-shot copper *''Lycaena dispar'' (Haworth, 1802) – large copper *''Lycaena splendens'' (Staudinger, 1881) Dzhungarsky Alatau, Tian-Shan (Central Asia) *''Lycaena violaceus'' (Staudinger, 1892) The ''thersamonia'' species group: *''Lycaena aditya'' (Moore, [1875]) West Pamirs, Afghanistan, Pakistan, North India *''Lycaena alaica'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) Pamirs-Alai, Gissar Range, North east Afghanistan *''Lycaena alpherakyi'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) East Pamirs, Northwest China *''Lycaena attila'' (Zhdanko, 1990) Zaalaisky Mountains (Trans-Ili Alatau) Central Asia *''Lycaena asabinus'' (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]) Turkey, Transcaucasia, Iran, Armenia *''Lycaena hyrcana'' (Neuburger, 1903) North Iran to Central Asia *''Lycaena kurdistanica'' (Riley, 1921) Armenia, Northeast Turkey, West Iran *''Lycaena lampon'' Lederer, [1870] Kopet-Dagh, Southeast Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan *''Lycaena ochimus'' (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]) Transcaucasia, Armenia, Caucasus Minor, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Talysh Mountains (Iran - Azerbaijan) *''Lycaena phoebus'' (Blachier, 1905) – Moroccan copper Morocco *''Lycaena solskyi'' Erschoff, 1874 Pamirs to Alay Mountains, Gissar Range, Darvaz Range, Tian-Shan, Kashmir, Samarkand *''Lycaena thersamon'' (Esper, 1784) – lesser fiery copper *''Lycaena thetis'' Klug, 1834 – fiery copper or golden copper The ''phoenicurusia'' species group: *''Lycaena margelanica'' (Staudinger, 1881) South Tajikistan to Tien-Shan, Gissar Range, Darvaz, Alay, West Pamir, Babatag, Karatau, Teriklitau, Rangontau, Zailiisky Alatau, Lake Issyk-Kul mountains The ''hyrcanana'' species group: *''Lycaena caspius'' (Lederer, 1869) Kopet-Dagh, Gissar Range, North Iran, Afghanistan *''Lycaena ophion'' Hemming, 1933 Kopet-Dagh, Gissar Range to Darvaz Tadzhikistan *''Lycaena pamira'' (Nekrutenko, 1983) *''Lycaena sartha'' (Staudinger, 1886) Gissar Range to Darvaz, Pamirs to Alay mountains, Northeast Afghanistan *''Lycaena sultan'' (Lang, 1884) West Gissar Range (Zeravshansky, Ghissarsky, Baisuntau, Fanskie) Unknown species group: *''Lycaena bathinia'' Snellen, 1899 dubious Java *''Lycaena clarki'' Dickson, 1971 – eastern sorrel copper *''Lycaena evansii'' (de Nicéville, 1902) Kashmir, Chitral *''Lycaena kasyapa'' (Moore, 1865) – green copper *''Lycaena orus'' (Stoll, [1780]) – western sorrel copper *''Lycaena ottomanus'' (Lefèbvre, 1830) *''Lycaena pallida'' Miskin, 1891 New Guinea *''Lycaena panava'' (Westwood, 1852) *''Lycaena pavana'' (Kollar, [1844]) – white-bordered copper North India *''Lycaena standfussi'' (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) West China, Tibet *''Lycaena susanus'' (Swinhoe, 1889) Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan *''Lycaena tityrus'' Poda, 1761 – sooty copper *''Lycaena virgaureae'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – scarce copper *''Lycaena zariaspa'' (Moore, 1874) West Himalayas, Kashmir, Northwest India

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