Aloeides

Aloeides, commonly called coppers, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Most can be found in South Africa (49 species), but a few species occur as far north as Kenya (8 species).

Species
Listed alphabetically within groups.


 * The "thyra" species group:
 * Aloeides apicalis Tite & Dickson, 1968 – pointed copper
 * Aloeides arida Tite & Dickson, 1968 – arid copper
 * Aloeides bamptoni Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Brampton's copper
 * Aloeides braueri Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Brauer's copper
 * Aloeides caledoni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Caledon copper
 * Aloeides clarki Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Coega copper
 * Aloeides dentatis (Swierstra, 1909) – Roodepoort copper
 * Aloeides depicta Tite & Dickson, 1968 – depicta copper
 * Aloeides dryas Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Transvaal copper
 * Aloeides egerides Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Red Hill copper
 * Aloeides gowani Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Gowan's copper
 * Aloeides juana Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Juana copper
 * Aloeides kaplani Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Kaplan's copper
 * Aloeides lutescens Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Worcester copper
 * Aloeides margaretae Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Margarite's copper
 * Aloeides nollothi Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Nolloth's copper
 * Aloeides oreas Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Oreas copper
 * Aloeides pallida Tite & Dickson, 1968 – giant copper
 * Aloeides penningtoni Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Pennington's copper
 * Aloeides pringlei Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Pringle's copper
 * Aloeides quickelbergei Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Quickelberge's copper
 * Aloeides rileyi Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Riley's copper
 * Aloeides simplex (Trimen, 1893) – dune copper
 * Aloeides thyra (Linnaeus, 1764) – red copper
 * Aloeides vansoni Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Van Son's copper
 * unnamed species group A:
 * Aloeides almeida (C. Felder, 1862) – Almeida copper
 * Aloeides aranda (Wallengren, 1857) – Aranda copper
 * Aloeides barklyi (Trimen, 1874) – Barkly's copper
 * Aloeides conradsi (Aurivillius, 1907) – Conrad's copper
 * Aloeides damarensis (Trimen, 1891) – Damara copper
 * Aloeides griseus Riley, 1921
 * Aloeides henningi Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Henning's copper
 * Aloeides macmasteri Tite & Dickson, 1973 – McMaster's copper
 * Aloeides molomo (Trimen, 1870) – molomo copper
 * Aloeides pierus (Cramer, [1779]) – dull copper
 * Aloeides plowesi Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Plowes' copper
 * Aloeides stevensoni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Stevenson's copper
 * Aloeides susanae Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Susan's copper
 * Aloeides swanepoeli Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Swanepoel's copper
 * Aloeides taikosama (Wallengren, 1857) – dusky copper
 * Aloeides trimeni Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Trimen's copper
 * unnamed species group B:
 * Aloeides angolensis Tite & Dickson, 1973
 * Aloeides argenteus Henning & Henning, 1994 – silvery copper
 * Aloeides barbarae Henning & Henning, 1994 – Barbara's copper
 * Aloeides caffrariae Henning, 1987 – border copper
 * Aloeides carolynnae Dickson, 1983 – Carolynn's copper
 * Aloeides dicksoni Henning, 1987 – Diskson's copper
 * Aloeides maluti Pringle, 1983 – Maluti copper
 * Aloeides mbuluensis Pringle, 1994 – Mbulu copper
 * Aloeides merces Henning & Henning, 1986 – Wakkerstroom copper
 * Aloeides monticola Pringle, 1994 – Cederberg copper
 * Aloeides mullini Henning & Henning, 1996 – Mullin's copper
 * Aloeides namibiensis Henning & Henning, 1994 – Namibia copper
 * Aloeides nubilus Henning & Henning, 1982 – cloud copper
 * Aloeides rossouwi Henning & Henning, 1982 – Rossouw's copper
 * Aloeides tearei Henning & Henning, 1982 – Teare's copper
 * Aloeides titei Henning, 1987 – Tite's copper