Lycaena

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