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 IUCN Redlist Lycaena bleusei Purple-shot copper, Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775) Purple-edged copper, Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761) Balkan copper, Lycaena candens (Herrich-Schäffer, ) IUCN Redlist Lycaena candens Lesser fiery copper, Lycaena thersamon (Esper, 1784) Golden copper, Lycaena thetis Klug 1834
Subfamily Polyommatinae Tribe Polyommatini Nordic blue, Agriades aquilo (Boisduval, 1832) IUCN Redlist Plebejus aquilo Bosnian blue, Agriades dardanus (Freyer, 1844) IUCN Redlist Plebejus dardanus 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) IUCN Redlist Plebejus pyrenaicus 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 Verity, R. (1928): Distinction de quelques races de lAricia medon Hüfn. [sic] et de l'espèce différente A. cramera Ersch. (Lep. Lycaenidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 1928 (11): 179-183. Paris.Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle [ed]. (2003-2014): Inventaire National du Patrimoine Naturel. 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) Red Data Book of European Butterflies (Rhopalocera) Nature and Environment, No. 99 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) Eversmann, E. (1837) Kurze Notizen ueber einige Schmetterlinge Russlands. Als Beitræge zu Treitschkes Supplementen zu betrachten. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 1837 (1): 1-32. Moscou (Auguste Semen).Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & R. Vila (2013) Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics, 29 (2): 166–192. Green-underside blue, Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761) Black-eyed blue, Glaucopsyche melanops (Boisduval, 1828) Paphos blue, Glaucopsyche paphos Chapman, 1920 IUCN Redlist Glaucopsyche paphos Iolas blue, Iolana iolas (Ochsenheimer, 1816) Eastern brown argus, Kretania eurypilus (Freyer, 1851) Wolfgang ten Hagen (2013) Eastern Brown Argus, Kretania eurypilus (Freyer, ) und verwandte Taxa (Teil 2):Ergebnisse neuer Untersuchungen (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N.F. 34 (1/2): 39–50 (2013)online pdfKudrna, O., Harpke, A., Lux, K., Pennerstorfer, J., Schweiger, O., Settele, J. & M. Wiemers (2011): Distribution atlas of butterflies in Europe. – 576 S.; Halle a.d. Saale (Gesellschaft für Schmetterlingsschutz e.V.) Spanish zephyr blue, Kretania hesperica (Rambur, 1840) Cretan argus, Kretania psylorita (Freyer, 1845) IUCN Redlist Plebejus psyloritus Zephyr blue, Kretania pylaon (Fischer von Waldheim, 1832) Zephyr blue, Kretania sephirus (Frivaldzky, 1835) IUCN Redlist Plebejus sephirus 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) IUCN Redlist Polyommatus caelestissima 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) Hristos T. Anastassiu & John G. Coutsi Polyommatus (Neolysandra) coelestina from central Greece (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Phegea 32 (4) (1.XII.2004): 153Eversmann, E. (1843): Quædam lepidopterorum species novæ, in montibus Uralensibus et Altaicis habitantes, nunc descriptæ et depictæ. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 16 (3): 535-555, pl. VII-X.Tshikolovets, V. V. (2011): Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean area. 544 S.: Pardubice, Czech Republic (Tshikolovets Puplications). 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) G. Khanamirian K. Aghababyan A. Danchenko (2011) Fauna of Butterflies of Meghri mountain ridge of Armenia pdf Silver-studded blue, Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) Reverdin's blue, Plebejus argyrognomon (Bergsträsser, 1779) Bellier's Blue, Plebejus bellieri (Oberthür, 1910) IUCN Redlist Plebejus bellieri 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 Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1843–56. Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu Jakob Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. Regensburg, In Commission bei G. J. Manz. Vols: 1–3; Vols: 4–5; Vol. 6.Dantchenko, A. & Lukhtanov, V. 1993. Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Arten der Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damone-Gruppe Südosteuropas und Südwestsibiriens (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 24(1/2): 75–83. Damon blue, Polyommatus damon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Polyommatus damone (Eversmann, 1841) Ukraine, Russia Dantchenko, A. & Lukhtanov, V. 1993. Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Arten der Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) damone-Gruppe Südosteuropas und Südwestsibiriens (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 24(1/2): 75–83. 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) IUCN Redlist Polyommatus fabressei 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) IUCN Redlist Polyommatus iphigenia Anatolian white-blue, Polyommatus menalcas (Freyer, 1837) Tshikolovets, V. V. (2011) Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean area.544 S.: Pardubice, Czech Republic (Tshikolovets Puplications). Higgins’s anomalous blue, Polyommatus nephohiptamenos (Brown & Coutsis, 1978) IUCN Redlist Polyommatus nephohiptamenos Mother-of-pearl blue, Polyommatus nivescens Keferstein, 1851 Kolev's anomalous blue, Polyommatus orphicus Kolev, 2005 IUCN Redlist Polyommatus orphicus 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, 1982IUCN Redlist Pseudophilotes barbagiae 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 Sovinsky, V., 1905. Trois nouvelles formes de Lepidopteres du Caucase. [In Russian] Revue Russe Entomologique 5(3/4): 108-110 Alpine green hairstreak, Callophrys suaveola (Staudinger, 1881) Russia Staudinger, 1881 Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna Central-Asiens Stettin ent. Ztg 42 (7-9): 253-300, (10-12): 393-424 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)IUCN Redlist Tomares nogelii
References
Higgins, L.G. & Riley, N.D. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe. Collins Tshikolovets, V.V. Butterflies of Europe and Mediterranean Area. Tshikolovets, Kiev