List of butterflies of China (Lycaenidae)

This is a list of the butterflies of China belonging to the family Lycaenidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of China. 428 species or subspecies of Lycaenidae are recorded from China.Wu Chunsheng, 2010 China Checklist of Lepodoptera, In the Biodiversity Committee of Chinese Academy of Sciences ed., Catalogue of Life China: 2014 Annual Checklist, Science Press, Beijing, China

Lycaenidae genus: Acupicta Acupicta hainanicum Sugiyama, 1992 Hainan, Mount Wuzhi genus: Acytolepis Acytolepis puspa (Horsfield, ) A. p. myla (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Taiwan A. p. hermagoras (Fruhstorfer, 1910) Hainan A. p. gisca (Fruhstorfer, 1910) South China genus: Afarsia Afarsia antoninae (Lukhtanov, 1999) Tian Shan Afarsia sieversii (Christoph, 1873) A. s. haberhaueri (Staudinger, 1886) Tian Shan A. s. gorana (Tshikolovets, 1997) Tian Shan genus: Agriades Agriades amphirrhoe (Oberthür, 1910) Tibet Agriades arcaseia (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Tibet Agriades dis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Central Asia Agriades janigena (Riley, 1923) Himalayas, Everest region Agriades lehanus (Moore, 1878) Agriades luana (Evans, 1915) Tibet Agriades morsheadi (Evans, 1923) Tibet Agriades optilete (Knoch, 1781) Agriades orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798) A. o. luxurians (Forster, 1940) Yunnan A. o. tatsienluica (Oberthür, 1910) Tibet A. o. major (Evans, 1915) Tibet A. o. pheretimus (Staudinger, 1892) Northwest China A. o. shanxiensis Murayama, 1983 Shanxi A. o. tyrone (Forster, 1940) Gansu A. o. sajana (Heyne, 1895) A. o. qinlingensis (Wang, 1998) Qinling Mountains A. o. tibetana (D'Abrera, 1993) Tibet A. o. demulaensis (Huang, 2001) Tibet A. o. dongdalaensis (Huang, 2001) Tibet A. o. litangensis (Huang, 2001) Sichuan Agriades orbona (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Agriades pheretiades (Eversmann, 1843) Agriades shahidulla (Yoshino, 2003) Xinjian Agriades sikkima (Bath, 1900) TL Sikkim genus: Allotinus Allotinus drumila (Moore, ) A. d. aphthonius Fruhstorfer, 1914 Yunnan genus: Ahlbergia Ahlbergia chalybeia (Leech, 1890) Hubei, Sichuan Ahlbergia chalcidis Chou & Li, 1994 Yunnan Ahlbergia bimaculata Johnson, 1992 Sichuan, Yunnan Ahlbergia korea Johnson, 1992 Amurland, Northeast China Ahlbergia leei Johnson, 1992 Amurland, China Ahlbergia arquata Johnson, 1992 Tian Shan Ahlbergia pluto (Leech, 1893) A. p. pluto (Leech, 1893) Sichuan A. p. cyanusJohnson, 1992 Yunnan Ahlbergia clarofacia Johnson, 1992Sichuan, Yunnan A. c. meridionalis Huang, 2003 Yunnan Ahlbergia aleucopuncta Johnson, 1992 Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet, Amurland Ahlbergia unicolora Johnson, 1992Yunnan Ahlbergia pictila Johnson, 1992 Tibet Ahlbergia caerulea Johnson, 1992 Ahlbergia zhujianhuai Huang & Wu, 2003 South Sichuan Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi aquilonaria Johnson, 1992 Manchuria Ahlbergia circe (Leech, 1893) Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan Ahlbergia prodiga Johnson, 1992 Yunnan Ahlbergia caesius Johnson, 1992 East Tibet, West Sichuan Ahlbergia lynda Johnson, 1992 A. l. lynda Johnson, 1992 Sichuan A. l. nidadana Huang, 2003 Yunnan Ahlbergia nicevillei (Leech, 1893) Hubei, West Yunnan Ahlbergia hsui Johnson, 2000 South Gansu Ahlbergia distincta Huang, 2003 Yunnan Ahlbergia clarolinea H. Huang & A.M. Chen, 2006. Ahlbergia oppocoenosa Johnson, 1992 Tibet genus: Allotinus Allotinus drumila (Moore, ) genus: Alpherakya Alpherakya sarta (Alphéraky, 1881) A. s. laziensis (Huang, 1998) Tibet genus: Antigius Antigius attilia (Bremer, 1861) Antigius butleri (Fenton, 1881) A. b. miniakonga Yoshino, 1999 Sichuan Antigius cheni Koiwaya, 2004 Sichuan, Tianquan Antigius jinpingi Y.F. Hsu, 2009 Taiwan genus: Amblopala Amblopala avidiena (Hewitson, 1877) A. a. avidiena (Hewitson, 1877) A. a. pherenice Fruhstorfer, 1915 Sichuan A. a. y-fasciata (Sonan) Taiwan genus: Amblypodia Amblypodia anita Hewitson, 1862 A. a. hainana Crowley, 1900 Hainan genus: Ancema Ancema ctesia (Hewitson, 1865) A. c. ctesia (Hewitson, 1865) West China A. c. cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Taiwan Ancema blanka (de Nicéville, 1894) A. b. blanka de Nicéville, 1894) genus: Anthene Anthene emolus (Godart, ) A. e. emolus (Godart, ) South China, Hainan, South Yunnan A. e. goberus (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Hainan Anthene lycaenina (Felder, 1868) A. l. lycambes (Hewitson, 1878) South Yunnan genus: Araotes Araotes lapithis lapithis (Moore 1857) Yunnan genus: Araragi Araragi enthea (Janson, 1877) A. e. entheoides (Oberthür, 1914) Sichuan Araragi sugiyamai Matsui, 1989 Sichuan A. s. zhejiangana Tong, 1994 Zhejiang Araragi panda Hsu & Chou, 2001 genus: Arhopala Arhopala arvina (Hewitson, 1863) Arhopala japonica (Murray, 1875) A. j. kotoshona (Sonan, 1947) Taiwan Arhopala bazaloides (Hewitson, 1878) Arhopala centaurus (Fabricius, 1775) A. c. nakula (C. & R. Felder, 1860) Hainan, Yunnan A. c. pirithous (Moore, ) South China Arhopala oenea (Hewitson, 1869) Sikkim, Yunnan Arhopala aida de Nicéville, 1889 Hainan Arhopala rama (Kollar, ) A. r. rama (Kollar, ) Yunnan Arhopala bazalus (Hewitson, 1862) A. b. teesta (de Nicéville, 1886) West China Arhopala eumolphus (Cramer, ) Hainan Arhopala hellenore Doherty, 1889 Hainan Arhopala ganesa (Leech, 1890) A. g. seminigra (Leech, 1890) West China, Hainan Arhopala ammonides bowringi (Evans, 1957) Hainan A. a. bowringi (Evans, 1957) Hainan Arhopala singla (de Nicéville, 1885) Arhopala paramuta (de Nicéville, ) Arhopala paraganesa (de Nicéville, 1882) A. p. paraganesa (de Nicéville, 1882) Arhopala hellenoroides Chou & Gu, 1994 Hainan Arhopala qiongdaoensis Chou & Gu, 1994 Hainan Arhopala aberrans (de Nicéville, ) West China Arhopala birmana (Moore, ) A. b. birmana (Moore, ) Hong Kong A. b. asakurae (Matsumura, 1910) Taiwan Arhopala comica de Nicéville, 1900 Arhopala perimuta Moore, 1857 genus: Aricia Aricia agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Tian Shan Aricia artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793) A. a. scytissa Nekrutenko, 1985 Tian Shan A. a. allous (Geyer, [1834-1836]) Aricia chinensis chinensis (Murray, 1874) Aricia berezowskii Grum-Grshimailo, 1902 Sichuan genus: Athamanthia Athamanthia athamantis (Eversmann, 1854) Athamanthia dilutior (Staudinger, 1881) genus: Artipe Artipe eryx (Linnaeus, 1771) A. e. eryx (Linnaeus, 1771) South China A. e. horiella (Matsumura, 1929) Taiwan genus: Artopoetes Artopoetes pryeri (Murray, 1873) Artopoetes praetextatus (Fujioka, 1992) genus: Bindahara Bindahara phocides (Fabricius 1793) Yunnan genus: Bothrinia Bothrinia nebulosa (Leech, 1890) B. n. nebulosa (Leech, 1890) West China, Central China B. n. leechi Forster, 1941 Sichuan genus: Caerulea Caerulea coeligena (Oberthür, 1876) West China, Central China Caerulea coelestis (Alphéraky, 1897) West China, Tibet genus: Caleta Caleta elna (Hewitson, 1876) C. e. noliteia (Fruhstorfer, 1918) South Yunnan, Hainan Caleta roxus (Godart, ) C. r. roxana (de Nicéville, 1897) Yunnan genus: Callophrys Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758) genus: Castalius Castalius rosimon (Fabricius, 1775) genus: Catochrysops Catochrysops panormus (C. Felder, 1860) C. p. exiguus (Distant, 1886) Taiwan, South Yunnan Catochrysops strabo (Fabricius, 1793) genus: Catapaecilma Catapaecilma major Druce, 1895 C. m. major Druce, 1895 C. m. moltrechti (Wileman, 1908) Taiwan genus: Celastrina Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) C. a. bieneri Forster, 1941 Yunnan Celastrina sugitanii (Matsumura, 1919) Celastrina gigas (Hemming, 1928) C. g. fujianensis Huang, 1994 Fujian Celastrina lavendularis (Moore, 1877) Celastrina morsheadi (Evans, 1915) Tibet Celastrina perplexa Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Kangding Celastrina filipjevi (Riley, 1934) Celastrina oreas (Leech, 1893) C. o. baileyi Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Tibet C. o. yunnana Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Yunnan Celastrina hersilia (Leech, ) C. h. hersilia (Leech, ) China Celastrina huegeli (Moore, 1882) Celastrina melaena (Doherty, 1889) genus: Celatoxia Celatoxia marginata (de Nicéville, ) C. m. marginata (de Nicéville, ) Yunnan, Taiwan genus: Charana Charana mandarinus (Hewitson, 1863) genus: Cheritrella Cheritrella truncipennis de Nicéville, 1887 West China, Hunnan genus: Chilades Chilades lajus (Stoll, ) C. l. lajus (Stoll, ) Hong Kong, Hainan Chilades yunnanensis Watkins, 1927 Yongchang genus: Chliaria Chliaria kina (Hewitson, 1869) C. k. kina (Hewitson, 1869) Chliaria othona (Hewitson, 1865) C. o. othona Hewitson, 1869 genus: Chrysozephyrus Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus (Bremer, 1861) C. s. smaragdinus (Bremer, 1861) Shaanxi, Sichuan C. s. yunnanensis (Howarth, 1957) Yunnan Chrysozephyrus brillantinus (Staudinger, 1887) C. b. brillantinus (Staudinger, 1887) Northeast China Chrysozephyrus scintillans (Leech, 1894) Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Zhejiang C. s. choui ( Tong, 1994 Zhejiang C. s. hainanensis Wang & Gu, 1997 Hainan Chrysozephyrus leigongshanensis Chou & Li, 1994 Guizhou Chrysozephyrus kuromon (Sugiyama, 1994) Sichuan Chrysozephyrus parakuromon Huang, 2001 Tibet Chrysozephyrus chinensis (Howarth, 1957) Sichuan Chrysozephyrus marginatus (Howarth, 1957) Sichuan, Sichuan, Shaanxi Chrysozephyrus nigroapicalis (Howarth, 1957) Chrysozephyrus souleana (Riley, 1939) Tibet, West China Chrysozephyrus tatsienluensis (Murayama, 1955) Chrysozephyrus tienmushanus Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956 Chrysozephyrus kabrua konga Yoshino, 1999 Sichuan C. k. niitakanus (Kano, 1928) Taiwan C. k. neidhoeferi Shimonoya & Murayama, 1971 Taiwan C. k. konga Yoshino, 1999 Sichuan Chrysozephyrus vittatus (Tytler, 1915) Chrysozephyrus duma (Hewitson, 1869) C. d. desgodinsi (Oberthür, 1886) West China, Sichuan, Yunnan Chrysozephyrus disparatus (Howarth, 1957) C. d. disparatus Howarth 1957 C. d. pseudotaiwanus Howarth 1957 C. d. hainanus Wang & Gu, 1997 Hainan Chrysozephyrus mushaellus (Matsumura, 1938) C. m. rileyi (Forster, 1940) West China, Jiangxi Chrysozephyrus sakura Sugiyama, 1992 C. s. meili Yoshino, 1999 Yunnan Chrysozephyrus teisoi Sonan 1941 Chrysozephyrus sikkimensis Howarth 1957 Chrysozephyrus rarasanus Matsumura 1939 Chrysozephyrus nishikaze Araki & Shibatani 1941 C. m. mushaellus Matsumura, 1938 Chrysozephyrus lingi Okano & Ohkura Chrysozephyrus leii Chou Chrysozephyrus hisamatsusanus Nagami & Ishiga 1937 C. h. splendidulus Murayama, 1965 Taiwan Chrysozephyrus morishitai Chou & Zhu, 1994 C. d. pseudotaiwanus (Howarth, 1957) Chrysozephyrus shimizui Yoshino, 1997 Guizhou, Mount Fanjinshan Chrysozephyrus setohi Koiwaya, 1996 Sichuan, Daba Shan Chrysozephyrus zoa (de Nicéville, 1889) Chrysozephyrus sakula H. Sugiyama, 1992 Sichuan, Mount Sigunyang Chrysozephyrus yoshikoae Koiwaya, 1993 Shaanxi, Chang'an Chrysozephyrus linae Koiwaya, 1993 Shaanxi, Zhouzhi Xian Chrysozephyrus gaoi Koiwaya, 1993 Shaanxi, Zhouzhi Xian Chrysozephyrus tienmushanus Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956 Zhejiang Chrysozephyrus watsoni (W.H. Evans, 1927) Chrysozephyrus inthanonensis Murayama & Kimura, 1990 Chrysozephyrus yuchingkinus Murayama & Shimonoya, 1960 Taiwan Chrysozephyrus paona (Tytler, 1915) Chrysozephyrus dumoides (Tytler, 1915) Chrysozephyrus esakii (Sonan, 1940) Taiwan genus: Cigaritis Cigaritis rukma (de Nicéville, ) Yunnan Cigaritis acamas (Klug, 1834) Cigaritis lohita (Horsfield, C. n. batina (Fruhstorfer, ) Yunnan Cigaritis syama (Horsfield, ) C. s. sepulveda (Fruhstorfer, 1912) West China, Central China C. s. peguanus (Moore, 1884) Yunnan C. s. hainana (Eliot) Hainan Cigaritis zhengweille Huang ? Yunan C. z. chayuensis (Huang, 2001) Tibet Cigaritis leechi Swinhoe, 1912 West China Cigaritis takanonis (Matsumura, 1906) West China, Central China Cigaritis kuyaniana Matsumura, Taiwan Cigaritis rukmini (de Nicéville，) Cigaritis zhengweilie Huang, 1998 Yunnan genus: Cissatsuma Cissatsuma albilinea (Riley, 1939) Southwest China, Tibet Cissatsuma kansuensis Johnson, 1992 Gansu (i.e., Kansu) Cissatsuma halosa Johnson, 1992 Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, Tainghai, Tibet Cissatsuma tuba Johnson, 1992 Yunnan Cissatsuma crenata Johnson, 1992 Yunnan Cissatsuma contexta Johnson, 1992 Wui-si, Yunnan genus: Cordelia Cordelia minerva (Leech, 1890) West China Cordelia comes (Leech, 1890) C . c. comes (Leech, 1890) West China, Central China