page_title: List of butterflies of Australia
section_title: Theclinae: hairstreaks
hierarchical_section_title: List of butterflies of Australia / Lycaenidae: gossamer-winged blues and coppers / Theclinae: hairstreaks
caption_attribution_description: identifying features of Australian butterfly species wing pattern
context_page_description: Australia has more than 400 species of butterfly, the majority of which are continental species, and more than a dozen endemic species from remote islands administered by various Australian territorial governments. The largest butterflies in the world are endemic to the Australasian realm. They are the birdwings—Ornithoptera and other genera—of the tribe Troidini of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae.
context_section_description: subfamily: Theclinae (hairstreaks)
  tribe: Luciini
  genus: Lucia
  Chequered copper, Lucia limbaria (Swainson, 1833)
  genus: Paralucia
  Bright copper, Paralucia aurifera (Blanchard, 1848)
  Fiery copper, Paralucia pyrodiscus (Doubleday, 1847)
  P. p. lucida (Crosby, 1951)
  Purple or Bathurst copper, Paralucia spinifera (Edwards & Common, 1978) — pictured right
  genus: Pseudodipsas
  Bright forest-blue, Pseudodipsas cephenes (Hewitson, 1874)
  Dark forest-blue, Pseudodipsas eone (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
  P. e. iole (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
  genus: Acrodipsas (ant-blues)
  Black-veined ant-blue, Acrodipsas arcana (Miller & Edwards, 1978)
  Golden ant-blue, Acrodipsas aurata (Sands, 1997)
  Bronze ant-blue, Acrodipsas brisbanensis (Miskin, 1884)
  Copper ant-blue, Acrodipsas cuprea (Sands, 1965)
  Decima ant-blue, Acrodipsas decima Miller and Lane, 2004
  Black ant-blue, Acrodipsas hirtipes (Sands, 1980)
  Mangrove or Illidge's ant-blue, Acrodipsas illidgei (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914) — pictured right
  Grey ant-blue, Acrodipsas melania (Sands, 1980) — pictured right
  Brown ant-blue, Acrodipsas mortoni (Sands, Miller & Kerr, 1997)
  Small ant-blue, Acrodipsas myrmecophila (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1913)
  genus: Hypochrysops (jewels)
  Copper jewel, Hypochrysops apelles (Fabricius, 1775)
  H. a. apelles (Fabricius, 1775)
  Apollo jewel, Hypochrysops apollo (Miskin, 1891)
  H. a. apollo (Miskin, 1891)
  H. a. phoebus (Waterhouse, 1928)
  Yellow jewel, Hypochrysops byzos (Boisduval, 1832) — pictured right
  Splendid jewel, Hypochrysops cleon (Grose-Smith, 1900)
  Cyane jewel, Hypochrysops cyane (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
  Moonlight jewel, Hypochrysops delicia (Hewitson, 1875)
  H. d. delicia (Hewitson, 1875)
  H. d. duaringae (Waterhouse, 1903)
  Silky jewel, Hypochrysops digglesii (Hewitson, 1874)
  Amethyst jewel, Hypochrysops elgneri (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1909)
  H. e. elgneri (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1909)
  H. e. barnardi (Waterhouse, 1934)
  Mangrove jewel, Hypochrysops epicurus (Miskin, 1876) — pictured right
  Turquoise jewel, Hypochrysops halyaetus (Hewitson, 1874) — pictured right
  Paradise jewel, Hypochrysops hippuris (Hewitson, 1874)
  H. h. nebulosis (Sands, 1986)
  Fiery jewel, Hypochrysops ignita (Leach, 1814)
  H. i. ignita (Leach, 1814)
  H. i. chrysonotus (Grose-Smith, 1899)
  H. i. erythina (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
  H. i. oliffi (Miskin, 1889)
  Coral jewel, Hypochrysops miskini (Waterhouse, 1903)
  H. m. miskini (Waterhouse, 1903)
  Narcissus jewel, Hypochrysops narcissus (Fabricius, 1775) — pictured right
  H. n. narcissus (Fabricius, 1775)
  H. n. sabirus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  Bulloak jewel, Hypochrysops piceata (Kerr, Macqueen & Sands, 1969)
  Royal jewel, Hypochrysops polycletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  H. p. rovena (Druce, 1891)
  Peacock jewel, Hypochrysops pythias (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
  H. p. euclides (Miskin, 1889)
  Green-banded jewel, Hypochrysops theon (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
  H. t. medocus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
  H. t. cretatus (Sands, 1986)
  genus: Philiris (moonbeams)
  Azure moonbeam, Philiris azule (Wind & Clench, 1947)
  Large moonbeam, Philiris diana (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
  P. d. diana (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
  P. d. papuanus (Wind & Clench, 1947)
  Bicolour moonbeam, Philiris fulgens (Grose, Smith & Kirby, 1897)
  P. f. kurandae (Waterhouse, 1903)
  Purple moonbeam, Philiris innotatus (Miskin, 1874)
  Blue moonbeam, Philiris nitens (Grose-Smith, 1898)
  P. n. nitens (Grose-Smith, 1898)
  P. n. lucina (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
  Sapphire moonbeam, Philiris sappheira (Sands, 1980)
  White-margined moonbeam, Philiris ziska (Grose-Smith, 1898)
  tribe: Arhopalini
  genus: Arhopala (oak-blues)
  Arhopala eupolis (Miskin, 1890)
  Bright oak-blue, Arhopala madytus (Fruhstorfer, 1914)
  Shining oak-blue, Arhopala micale (Blanchard, 1848)
  A. m. amphis (Waterhouse, 1942)
  White oak-blue, Arhopala wildei (Miskin, 1891)
  A. w. wildei (Miskin, 1891)
  tribe: Ogyrini
  genus: Ogyris (azures)
  Dark purple azure, Ogyris abrota (Westwood, 1851)
  Sapphire azure, Ogyris aenone (Waterhouse, 1902)
  Satin azure, Ogyris amaryllis (Hewitson, 1862)
  Bright purple azure, Ogyris barnardi (Miskin, 1890)
  Southern purple azure, Ogyris genoveva (Hewitson, 1853)
  Golden azure, 
caption: Illidge's ant blue
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