# 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
* 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)
Tribe Theclini
* Purple hairstreak, Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Spanish purple hairstreak, Laeosopis roboris (Esper, 1789)
* Brown hairstreak, Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tribe Tomarini
* Provence hairstreak, Tomares ballus Fabricius, 1787
* Caucasian vernal copper, Tomares callimachus (Eversmann, 1848)
* Nogel's hairstreak, Tomares nogelii (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)