List of butterflies of Europe (Lycaenidae)

This is a list of the Lycaenidae of Europe. It is a part of List of the butterflies of Europe.

Subfamily Aphnaeinae

 * Tawny silverline, Cigaritis acamas (Klug, 1834)

Subfamily Lycaeninae
Tribe Lycaenini
 * Small copper, Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Large copper, Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1802)
 * Violet copper Lycaena helle Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
 * Lycaena ottomanus (Lefèbvre, 1830)
 * Scarce copper, Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Sooty copper, Lycaena tityrus (Poda, 1761)
 * Iberian sooty copper, Lycaena bleusei Oberthur, 1884
 * Purple-shot copper, Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Purple-edged copper, Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Balkan copper, Lycaena candens (Herrich-Schäffer, [1844])
 * Lesser fiery copper, Lycaena thersamon (Esper, 1784)
 * Golden copper, Lycaena thetis Klug 1834

Subfamily Polyommatinae
Tribe Polyommatini
 * Nordic blue, Agriades aquilo (Boisduval, 1832)
 * Bosnian blue, Agriades dardanus (Freyer, 1844)
 * Arctic blue, Agriades glandon (de Prunner, 1798)
 * Cranberry blue, Agriades optilete (Knoch, 1781)
 * Alpine argus, Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798)
 * Gavarnie blue, Agriades pyrenaicus (Boisduval, 1840)
 * Zullich's blue, Agriades zullichi
 * Brown argus, Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermuller 1775)
 * Blue argus, Aricia anteros (Freyer, 1838)
 * Northern brown argus, Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Southern brown argus, Aricia cramera Eschscholtz, 1821
 * Mountain argus, Aricia montensis Verity, 1928
 * Spanish argus, Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910)
 * Silvery argus, Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1830)
 * Topaz-spotted blue, Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1847)
 * Velvet-spotted blue, Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)
 * Geranium bronze, Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898
 * Holly blue, Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Provençal short-tailed blue, Cupido alcetas (Hoffmansegg, 1804)
 * Short-tailed blue, Cupido argiades (Pallas, 1771)
 * Eastern short-tailed blue, Cupido decolorata (Staudinger, 1886)
 * Lorquin's blue, Cupido lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
 * Small blue, Cupido minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
 * Osiris blue, Cupido osiris (Meigen, 1829)
 * Carswell's little blue, Cupido carswelli Stempffer, 1927
 * Mazarine blue, Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Geranium argus, Eumedonia eumedon (Esper 1780)
 * Grass jewel, Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, 1845)
 * Glabroculus cyane (Eversmann, 1837)
 * Green-underside blue, Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761)
 * Black-eyed blue, Glaucopsyche melanops (Boisduval, 1828)
 * Paphos blue, Glaucopsyche paphos Chapman, 1920
 * Iolas blue, Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
 * Eastern brown argus, Kretania eurypilus (Freyer, 1851)
 * Spanish zephyr blue, Kretania hesperica (Rambur, 1840)
 * Cretan argus, Kretania psylorita (Freyer, 1845)
 * Zephyr blue, Kretania pylaon (Fischer von Waldheim, 1832)
 * Zephyr blue, Kretania sephirus (Frivaldzky, 1835)
 * Alpine zephyr blue, Kretania trappi (Verity, 1927)
 * Long-tailed blue, Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Lang's short-tailed blue, Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Canary blue, Leptotes webbianus (Brullé, 1839)
 * Persian grass blue, Luthrodes galba (Lederer, 1855)
 * Spanish chalk-hill blue, Lysandra albicans (Gerhard, 1851)
 * Adonis blue, Lysandra bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Azure chalkhill blue, Lysandra caelestissima (Vérity, 1921)
 * Chalkhill blue, Lysandra coridon (Poda, 1761)
 * False chalkhill blue, Lysandra corydonius (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
 * Lysandra gennargenti Leigheb, 1987
 * Provence chalk-hill blue, Lysandra hispana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)
 * Lysandra nufrellensis Schurian, 1977
 * Pontic blue, Neolysandra coelestina (Eversmann, 1843)
 * Alcon blue, Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Large blue, Phengaris arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Dusky large blue, Phengaris nausithous (Bergsträsser, 1779)
 * Scarce large blue, Phengaris teleius (Bergsträsser, 1779)
 * Large jewel blue, Plebejidea loewii (Zeller, 1847)
 * Silver-studded blue, Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Reverdin's blue, Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergsträsser, 1779)
 * Bellier's Blue, Plebejus bellieri (Oberthür, 1910)
 * Idas blue, Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Anomalous blue, Polyommatus admetus (Esper, 1783)
 * Amanda's blue, Polyommatus amandus (Schneider, 1792)
 * Grecian anomalous blue, Polyommatus aroaniensis (Brown, 1976)
 * Polyommatus celina (Austaut, 1879)
 * Polyommatus damocles (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844) European Russia
 * Damon blue, Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Polyommatus damone (Eversmann, 1841) Ukraine, Russia
 * Meleager's blue, Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Furry blue, Polyommatus dolus (Hübner, 1823)
 * Turquoise blue, Polyommatus dorylas (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
 * Eros blue, Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
 * Escher's blue, Polyommatus escheri (Hübner, 1823)
 * Oberthür’s anomalous blue, Polyommatus fabressei (Oberthür, 1910)
 * Catalonian furry blue, Polyommatus fulgens (De Sagarra, 1925)
 * Sierra Nevada blue, Polyommatus golgus (Hübner, 1813)
 * Piedmont anomalous blue, Polyommatus humedasae Toso & Balletto, 1976
 * Common blue, Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
 * Chelmos blue, Polyommatus iphigenia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1847)
 * Anatolian white-blue, Polyommatus menalcas (Freyer, 1837)
 * Higgins’s anomalous blue, Polyommatus nephohiptamenos (Brown & Coutsis, 1978)
 * Mother-of-pearl blue, Polyommatus nivescens Keferstein, 1851
 * Kolev's anomalous blue, Polyommatus orphicus Kolev, 2005
 * Ripart's anomalous blue, Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830)
 * Chapman's blue, Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835)
 * Polyommatus timfristos Lukhtanov, Vishnevskaya & Shapoval, 2016
 * Andalusian anomalous blue, Polyommatus violetae (Gómez-Bustillo, Expósito & Martínez, 1979)
 * Sardinian blue, Pseudophilotes barbagiae De Prins & van der Poorten, 1982
 * False baton blue, Pseudophilotes abencerragus (Pierret, 1837)
 * Baton blue, Pseudophilotes baton (Bergsträsser, 1779)
 * Bavius blue, Pseudophilotes bavius (Eversmann, 1832)
 * Panoptes blue, Pseudophilotes panoptes (Hübner, 1813)
 * Eastern baton blue, Pseudophilotes vicrama (Moore, 1865)
 * Chequered blue, Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)
 * Balkan Pierrot, Tarucus balkanica (Freyer, 1844)
 * Common tiger blue, Tarucus theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
 * Fischer's blue, Tongeia fischeri (Eversmann, 1843)
 * Turanana taygetica (Rebel, 1902)
 * Dark grass blue, Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
 * African grass blue, Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)

Subfamily Theclinae
Tribe Eumaeini Tribe Theclini Tribe Tomarini
 * Chapman's green hairstreak, Callophrys avis Chapman, 1909
 * Sovinsky's green hairstreak, Callophrys chalybeitincta, Sovinsky, 1905 Russia
 * Alpine green hairstreak, Callophrys suaveola (Staudinger, 1881) Russia
 * Green hairstreak, Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Neolycaena rhymnus (Eversmann, 1832)
 * Sloe hairstreak, Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787)
 * False ilex hairstreak, Satyrium esculi (Hübner, 1804)
 * Ilex hairstreak, Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779)
 * Satyrium ledereri (Boisduval, 1848)
 * Black hairstreak, Satyrium pruni (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Blue spot hairstreak, Satyrium spini (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * White-letter hairstreak, Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782)
 * Purple hairstreak, Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Spanish purple hairstreak, Laeosopis roboris (Esper, 1789)
 * Brown hairstreak, Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Provence hairstreak, Tomares ballus Fabricius, 1787
 * Caucasian vernal copper, Tomares callimachus (Eversmann, 1848)
 * Nogel's hairstreak, Tomares nogelii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)