Lycaeninae
Sooty Copper Lycaena tityrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera (unranked): Rhopalocera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Lycaenidae Subfamily: Lycaeninae

Lycaeninae, the coppers, are a subfamily of the gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae).

The relationships of the Lycaenidae are not fully resolved. Hence, several of the genera listed here might actually belong elsewhere.

Acesina Adaluma Alciphronia Aloeides Apangea Armenia Athamanthia Baspa Bidaspa Boldenaria Callipsyche Calystryma Chalceria Chalybs Chrysozephyrus Cyaniriodes Cyprotides Darasana Diopetes Epidemia Scudder, 1876 Eupsychellus Freyeria Gaeides Habrodais Heliophorus - Sapphires Heodes Hermelycaena Hyllolycaena Hypaurotis

Hypochrysops Hypomyrina Hysudra Iaspis Incisalia Iophanus Jalmenus Kulua Lycaena - includes Antipodolycaena, Thersamolycaena Margelycaena Maurus Melanolycaena Michaelus Mirzakhania Mitoura Nadisepa Nesa Nesiostrymon Nesolycaena Nothodanis Paiwarria Palaeochrysophanus Verity, 1943 Panchala Parachilades Paralucia Pepliphorus Perpheres Phaedrotes

Phasis Poecilmitis Polycyma Pseudalmenus Pseudodipsas Pseudolycaena Pseudothecla Quercusia Rapsidia Satadra Sibataniozephyrus Siderus Spindasis Stilbon Superflua Symbiopsis Syntarucoides Tartesa Tatura Tharsalea Scudder, 1876 Thecliolia Theritas Tiora Tuttiola Tylopaedia Ununcula Vaga Xinjiangia Zetona

Several genera are occasionally placed here, but in the Polyommatinae by other authors:

• Catopyrops
• Erysichton
• Ionolyce
• Lepidochrysops
• Maculinea
• Neolucia
• Paralycaeides
• Prosotas
• Sahulana
• Theclinesthes
• Uranothauma

Ipidecla of the Eumaeini (Theclinae) is sometimes also placed here, but this seems to be in error. Sandia, sometimes placed here, is actually one of the many junior synonyms of Callophrys of the Eumaeini.

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