genus

LycaenaFabricius, 1807

coppers

species: 55out of 27020% covered
images: 12,823

Counts cover images whose name resolved to a species accepted by Catalogue of Life, so they can be lower than the totals on the Collections page. Totals and percentages compare them with the accepted families, genera and species Catalogue of Life places in this taxon.

Morphospace

Variation in species coloration mapped onto the latent space. Each species is represented by two points, one for its dorsal side and one for its ventral side. The farther apart the dorsal and ventral points are, the more different the two sides are in coloration.

Classification

genusLycaena55 species12,823 images
- speciesLycaena abbottii(Holland, 1892)13 images
- speciesLycaena acmonBoisduvalrecorded as Icaricia acmon760 images
- speciesLycaena aditya(Moore, 1874)
- speciesLycaena aedonChristoph, 1877
- speciesLycaena aegagrusChristoph, 1873
- speciesLycaena aegeraGrose-Smith
- speciesLycaena aegestisHübner
- speciesLycaena aeginaGrum-Grshimailo, 1891
- speciesLycaena aeolusWyatt, 1961
- speciesLycaena aetnaeaZeller, 1847
- speciesLycaena afraEdwards, 1884
- speciesLycaena alainaStaudinger, 1887
- speciesLycaena albescensOberthür
- speciesLycaena albipictaVorbrodt, 1917
- speciesLycaena albipunctaLambillion, 1908
- speciesLycaena albopunctata(Huene, 1901)
- speciesLycaena alciphron(von Rottemburg, 1775)173 images
- speciesLycaena allardiOberthür, 1874
- speciesLycaena altuianaTutt
- speciesLycaena amphyssinaStaudinger, 1889
- speciesLycaena andicolaGodman & Salvin, 1891
- speciesLycaena annettaEdwards, 188225 images
- speciesLycaena anthracinaLang, 1884
- speciesLycaena arcanaLeech, 1890
- speciesLycaena arcusvon Rottemburg
- speciesLycaena ardatesMoore, 1874
- speciesLycaena ardschiraBrandt, 1938
- speciesLycaena arethusa(Dod, 1907)1 image
- speciesLycaena argentina(Prittwitz, 1867)8 images
- speciesLycaena argolaHewitson, 1876
- speciesLycaena ariciaGrum-Grshimailo, 1902
- speciesLycaena arionidesStaudinger, 188726 images
- speciesLycaena artemenesPlötz, 1880
- speciesLycaena arthurusMelvill, 1873
- speciesLycaena asabinusHerrich-Schäffer, 185112 images
- speciesLycaena asamensisMatsumura, 1929
- speciesLycaena asterEdwards, 188244 images
- speciesLycaena athamantis(Eversmann, 1854)recorded as Athamanthia athamantis3 images
- speciesLycaena atraGrum-Grshimailo, 1885
- speciesLycaena aurcomicaus(Heyne, 1897)
- speciesLycaena babhruWeeks, 1901
- speciesLycaena baluchaMoore, 1884
- speciesLycaena baralacha(Moore, 1884)
- speciesLycaena baroghilaTytler, 1927
- speciesLycaena bathiniaSnellen, 1899
- speciesLycaena bellonaGrum-Grshimailo, 1888
- speciesLycaena berezowskiiGrum-Grshimailo, 1902
- speciesLycaena bergeri(Schindler, 1922)
- speciesLycaena biluchaMoore, 1884
- speciesLycaena boldenarumWhite, 18626 images
- speciesLycaena bracteataButler, 1880
- speciesLycaena buddhistaAlphéraky, 1882
- speciesLycaena caducaButler, 1875
- speciesLycaena caeca(Courvoisier, 1912)
- speciesLycaena caeligenaOberthür, 1876
- speciesLycaena calliopisBoisduval, 1833recorded as Plebejus calliopis12 images
- speciesLycaena caudataTutt
- speciesLycaena celonaAustaut, 1879
- speciesLycaena chamanicaMoore, 1884
- speciesLycaena charlottensis(Holland, 1931)
- speciesLycaena charybdisStaudinger, 1886
- speciesLycaena chinensisMurray, 1874
- speciesLycaena chlorinaSkinner, 1902
- speciesLycaena chrysaeisde Selys-Longchamps
- speciesLycaena chryseis([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1776)
- speciesLycaena chrysopisGrum-Grshimailo, 1888
- speciesLycaena cleobisBremer, 1861
- speciesLycaena coginaSchaus, 1902recorded as Elkalyce cogina2 images
- speciesLycaena confluentiamultiplexCourvoisier, 1911
- speciesLycaena cupreus(Edwards, 1870)30 images
- speciesLycaena cuprotus(Olliff, 1886)
- speciesLycaena cyaneEversmann, 1837recorded as Glabroculus cyane4 images
- speciesLycaena cyllarus(Cramer, 1775)
- speciesLycaena cynaEdwards, 188217 images
- speciesLycaena dabreraiBalint, 1996
- speciesLycaena daedalusBehr, 1867
- speciesLycaena dagmaraGrum-Grshimailo, 1888
- speciesLycaena davidiPoujade, 1885
- speciesLycaena decidiaHewitson, 1876
- speciesLycaena delicatulaMabille, 1877
- speciesLycaena delsud(Wright, 1906)
- speciesLycaena deschagatiGrum-Grshimailo, 1887
- speciesLycaena dianaMiller, 1912
- speciesLycaena difficilisStauder, 1922
- speciesLycaena disGrum-Grshimailo, 1891
- speciesLycaena discoelongataVorbrodt
- speciesLycaena discojunctaVorbrodt
- speciesLycaena dispar(Haworth, 1803)1,286 images
- speciesLycaena doibosatsuzuanaKanda & Kato, 1932
- speciesLycaena dorilis(Hufnagel, 1766)recorded as Lycaena bleusei1 image
- speciesLycaena dschagataiGrum-Grshimailo, 1890
- speciesLycaena editha(Mead, 1878)74 images
- speciesLycaena egyptiacaBethune-Baker, 1894
- speciesLycaena elviraEversmann, 1854
- speciesLycaena emblaEdwards, 1870
- speciesLycaena eunomiaEdwards, 1870
- speciesLycaena euphemiaStaudinger, 1887
- speciesLycaena evansii(de Nicéville, 1902)
- speciesLycaena fasciataStrecker, 1878
- speciesLycaena feildeni(McLachlan, 1878)
- speciesLycaena felicisOberthür, 1886
- speciesLycaena feredayi(Bates, 1867)7 images
- speciesLycaena florenciaClémence, 1914
- speciesLycaena florenciaeTytler, 1927
- speciesLycaena fortunataStaudinger, 1870
- speciesLycaena fredegunda(Fruhstorfer, 1908)
- speciesLycaena fugitivaButler, 1881
- speciesLycaena fulvus(Rummel, 1928)
- speciesLycaena galatheaBlanchard, 1844
- speciesLycaena gnomaSnellen, 1876
- speciesLycaena gorgon(Boisduval, 1852)215 images
- speciesLycaena griquaSchaus, 19025 images
- speciesLycaena hakutozanaMatsumura, 1927
- speciesLycaena haraeMatsumura, 1906
- speciesLycaena heteroneaBoisduval, 1852224 images
- speciesLycaena hippothoe(Linnaeus, 1761)
- speciesLycaena hozanensisMatsumura, 1927
- speciesLycaena hunzaGrum-Grshimailo, 1891recorded as Polyommatus hunza1 image
- speciesLycaena hyacinthusHerrich-Schäffer, 1847
- speciesLycaena hypophlaeas(Boisduval, 1852)252 images
- speciesLycaena hypoxanthe(Kirby, 1862)
- speciesLycaena iburiensisButler, 1881
- speciesLycaena idaGrum-Grshimailo, 1891
- speciesLycaena ignorataStaudinger
- speciesLycaena imanishiiTakeuchi, 1936
- speciesLycaena indicaMurray, 1874
- speciesLycaena irisLang, 1884
- speciesLycaena irmaeBailey, 1932
- speciesLycaena ishidaeMatsumura, 1929
- speciesLycaena janigenaRiley, 1922
- speciesLycaena japheticaNekrutenko & Effendi, 1983
- speciesLycaena junctaCourvoisier, 1912
- speciesLycaena karindaRiley
- speciesLycaena kasyapa(Moore, 1865)24 images
- speciesLycaena kazamotoDruce, 1875
- speciesLycaena kiyokoaeSakai, 1978
- speciesLycaena koaDruce, 1876recorded as Itylos koa6 images
- speciesLycaena kogistanaGrum-Grshimailo, 1888
- speciesLycaena kollariWestwood
- speciesLycaena lactrianaGrum-Grshimailo
- speciesLycaena laetificaPüngeler, 1899recorded as Glaucopsyche laetifica3 images
- speciesLycaena lampeheFabricius
- speciesLycaena lampertiiWheeler
- speciesLycaena lamponLederer, 18704 images
- speciesLycaena lamponides(Staudinger, 1901)
- speciesLycaena lampsieLatreille
- speciesLycaena leelade Nicéville, 1884
- speciesLycaena li(Oberthür, 1886)2 images
- speciesLycaena luanaEvans, 1915
- speciesLycaena luluMathew, 1889
- speciesLycaena lycidas(Borkhausen, 1788)
- speciesLycaena lyrnessaHewitson, 1874
- speciesLycaena lysizoneSnellen, 1876
- speciesLycaena mandersi(Elwes, 1890)
- speciesLycaena mandinElwes
- speciesLycaena mangoensisButler, 1884
- speciesLycaena marcidaLederer, 1871
- speciesLycaena mariposa(Reakirt, 1866)66 images
- speciesLycaena maritimaWeeks, 1902
- speciesLycaena mashunaTrimen, 1894
- speciesLycaena maui(Fereday, 1877)
- speciesLycaena mauritanicaOberthür
- speciesLycaena megnificaGrum-Grshimailo, 1887
- speciesLycaena melaStrecker, 19002 images
- speciesLycaena melaniaCapronnier, 1889
- speciesLycaena melanophlaeasVilliers & Guénée, 1835
- speciesLycaena melanotoxaMarott, 1882
- speciesLycaena meleager(Esper, 1779)
- speciesLycaena melibaeus(Staudinger, 1878)
- speciesLycaena metallicaFelder, C. & Felder, R., 1865
- speciesLycaena mirisStaudinger, 1881recorded as Rimisia miris2 images
- speciesLycaena mirzaStaudinger, 1874
- speciesLycaena mithridates(Staudinger, 1878)3 images
- speciesLycaena monetaMabille, 1890
- speciesLycaena morganiLe Cerf, 1910
- speciesLycaena morsheadiEvans, 1922
- speciesLycaena muzaffarGrum-Grshimailo, 1887
- speciesLycaena myrmeciasChristoph, 1877
- speciesLycaena nadiraMoore, 1884
- speciesLycaena naisEdwards, 1871
- speciesLycaena napaeaGrum-Grshimailo, 1891
- speciesLycaena narynaOberthür
- speciesLycaena neui(Rummel, 1928)
- speciesLycaena neuronaSkinner, 1902recorded as Icaricia neurona27 images
- speciesLycaena nigrioreleusVerity
- speciesLycaena nivalis(Boisduval, 1869)56 images
- speciesLycaena nuksaniForster, 1937
- speciesLycaena odbayar(Churkin, 2004)
- speciesLycaena orbitulus(Esper, 1800)recorded as Agriades dardanus2 images
- speciesLycaena orbonaGrum-Grshimailo, 1891
- speciesLycaena ortygiaTrimen, 188710 images
- speciesLycaena orus(Cramer, 1782)10 images
- speciesLycaena ouang(Oberthür, 1891)4 images
- speciesLycaena pallidaMiskin, 1891
- speciesLycaena panava(Westwood)42 images
- speciesLycaena pang(Oberthür, 1886)9 images
- speciesLycaena parvaMurray, 1874
- speciesLycaena patagoMabille, 1885
- speciesLycaena perparvaSaalmüller, 1884
- speciesLycaena persephattaAlphéraky, 1882recorded as Eumedonia persephatta6 images
- speciesLycaena phaenicurusLederer
- speciesLycaena phialaGrum-Grshimailo, 1890
- speciesLycaena phlaeas(Linnaeus, 1761)7,273 images
- speciesLycaena phoebus(Blachier, 1905)4 images
- speciesLycaena phryxisLang, 1884
- speciesLycaena phyllisLang, 1884
- speciesLycaena posteroalbaTutt, 1906
- speciesLycaena posthumusStaudinger
- speciesLycaena pretiosaLang, 1884
- speciesLycaena pseudargiolus
- speciesLycaena pygmaeaSnellen, 1876
- speciesLycaena quadriocularisSaalmüller, 1884
- speciesLycaena ratushinskayaeChurkin & Kolesnichenko, 2019
- speciesLycaena rauparaha(Fereday, 1877)4 images
- speciesLycaena reticulumMabille, 1877
- speciesLycaena romanaHartig
- speciesLycaena roxaneGrum-Grshimailo, 1887
- speciesLycaena ruberrotheiWeeks, 1902
- speciesLycaena rusticaEdwards, 18656 images
- speciesLycaena rutilansStaudinger, 1886
- speciesLycaena salustius(Fabricius, 1793)10 images
- speciesLycaena saportaeHübner
- speciesLycaena scyllaOberthür, 1881
- speciesLycaena semilimbataMabille, 1890
- speciesLycaena sericaGrum-Grshimailo, 1902
- speciesLycaena serpentatoidesStrand, 1924
- speciesLycaena serrulaMabille, 1890
- speciesLycaena snowi(Edwards, 1883)13 images
- speciesLycaena speciosaEdwards, 1877
- speciesLycaena standfussi(Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)4 images
- speciesLycaena stempfferiBrandt, 1938
- speciesLycaena subtuorufomarginataGarves & Hemming, 1928
- speciesLycaena subtusdiscoelongata(Beuret, 1953)
- speciesLycaena subtusfereradiata(Oberthür, 1896)
- speciesLycaena subtusimpunctataOberthür
- speciesLycaena suffusaTutt, 1896
- speciesLycaena suldensis(Tutt, 1906)
- speciesLycaena superbaStaudinger, 1887
- speciesLycaena suppressaTutt
- speciesLycaena susanus(de Nicéville, 1890)
- speciesLycaena sutlejaMoore, 1882
- speciesLycaena svenhedini(Nordström, 1935)
- speciesLycaena tama(Fereday, 1878)
- speciesLycaena tancreiGraeser, 1888
- speciesLycaena tartarusStaudinger
- speciesLycaena tauricaVenzmer, 1921
- speciesLycaena theagesBrusio
- speciesLycaena themisGrum-Grshimailo, 1891
- speciesLycaena thetisKlug, 18346 images
- speciesLycaena thibetensisPoujade, 1885
- speciesLycaena timidaGrum-Grshimailo, 1885
- speciesLycaena tithonus(Hübner)
- speciesLycaena tityrus(Poda, 1761)recorded as Loweia tityrus169 images
- speciesLycaena tomyrisGrum-Grshimailo, 1890
- speciesLycaena torgoutaAlphéraky, 1882
- speciesLycaena tseng(Oberthür, 1886)
- speciesLycaena turcicusGerhard
- speciesLycaena turcmenicaForster, 1936
- speciesLycaena ulyssesStaudinger, 1889
- speciesLycaena ussuraGrum-Grshimailo
- speciesLycaena venusStaudinger, 1886recorded as Polyommatus venus18 images
- speciesLycaena vernalisOberthür
- speciesLycaena vernusZeller
- speciesLycaena vespertilioEsper
- speciesLycaena virgaureae(Linnaeus, 1758)1,537 images
- speciesLycaena xanthoides(Boisduval, 1852)300 images
- speciesLycaena yankardensisM.
- speciesLycaena yarigadakeanaMatsumura, 1929
- speciesLycaena younghusbandiElwes, 1906
- speciesLycaena zariaspa(Moore, 1874)

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Source: Catalogue of Life (v2026-08-26 XR)

Species in this genus

Morphospace

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