Lycaeninae

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Lycaeninae
Sooty CopperLycaena tityrus
Sooty Copper
Lycaena tityrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Lycaeninae

Lycaeninae, the coppers, are a subfamily of the gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae).

The relationships of the Lycaenidae are not fully resolved. Hence, several of the genera listed here might actually belong elsewhere.

  • Poecilmitis
  • Polycyma
  • Prosotas - Polyommatinae?
  • Pseudalmenus
  • Pseudodipsas
  • Pseudolycaena
  • Pseudothecla
  • Quercusia
  • Rapsidia
  • Sahulana - Polyommatinae?
  • Sandia - Theclinae (Eumaeini)?
  • Satadra
  • Sibataniozephyrus
  • Siderus
  • Spindasis
  • Stilbon
  • Superflua
  • Symbiopsis
  • Syntarucoides
  • Tartesa
  • Tatura
  • Tharsalea Scudder, 1876
  • Theclinesthes - Polyommatinae?
  • Thecliolia
  • Theritas
  • Tiora
  • Tuttiola
  • Tylopaedia
  • Ununcula
  • Uranothauma - Polyommatinae?
  • Vaga
  • Xinjiangia
  • Zetona
  • Zizina - Polyommatinae?
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