Lycaenidae genera

Deudorix is a large genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Old World and Australia.

Ptelina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is endemic to the Afrotropics.

Cyaniriodes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by Lionel de Nicéville in 1890.

Neocheritra is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Cupidesthes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm. The genus Cupidesthes was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1895.

Paralucia is a genus of butterflies endemic to Australia and belonging to the family Lycaenidae. The caterpillars feed on Bursaria and sometimes Pittosporum species and co-habit with ants of the genera Anonychomyrma and Notoncus.

Dacalana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is distributed from Assam through Sundaland to Sulawesi, and is especially richly represented in the Philippines.

Sithon is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Lampides is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Scolitantides is a Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771).

Thamala is an Indomalayan genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Pilodeudorix is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are found in the Afrotropical realm.

230px|thumb|Hypolycaena from William Chapman Hewitson's Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera

Charana is an Indomalayan genus of hairstreak butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Cyanophrys is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by William J. Clench in 1961. The species of this genus are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.

Pseuderesia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropics. The genus Eresiomera is sometimes treated as a synonym of Pseuderesia.

Cigaritis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm, the Indomalayan realm and adjacent regions of Asia.

Telipna is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Zizina is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) in the subfamily Polyommatinae.

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Allosmaitia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species are found in the Neotropical realm.

Jacoona is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The three species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Megalopalpus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Erora is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872. The species of this genus are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.

Aphnaeus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Philiris is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm (New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, Molucca Islands and eastern Australia,( Queensland)), mostly inhabiting tropical rainforests. Philiris was erected by Julius Röber in 1891. It is a speciose genus. Tite decided on 56 species. Sands added 11 species and placed the taxa into 21 species groups (broadly accepted by Parsons). Most species are in New Guinea. Tite considered Philiris and Candalides Hübner, 1819 to be sisters. Eliot (1973) placed Philiris in Luciini Waterhouse & Lyel

Simiskina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by William Lucas Distant in 1886. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Theorema is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

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Hemiolaus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae.

Leptomyrina is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.

Megisba is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Neolucia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The three species of this genus are endemic to Australia and Tasmania.

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Argyrocheila is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Theclinesthes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.

Titea is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Atlides is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (family Lycaenidae). Among these, it belongs to the tribe Eumaeini of the subfamily Theclinae. These small butterflies are widespread in the Americas, occurring almost anywhere between the southern United States and Argentina.

Chrysozephyrus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They were formerly included in Thecla. The genus is diverse and ranges from Russia to northern India.

Oxylides is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members are Afrotropical. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner c. 1819

Liptenara is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The three species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.

Jalmenus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is endemic to Australia.

Ipidecla is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

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Discolampa is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus ranges from Sri Lanka to New Guinea.

Thestor is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species are Afrotropical.

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Panthiades is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

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Jamides, commonly called ceruleans, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm, the Palearctic realm and the Australasian realm.

Rekoa is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

Neozephyrus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species in this genus are mainly distributed in East Asia. The larval food plant is alder or - for Neozephyrus quercus - oak .

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Iratsume is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Its single species is Iratsume orsedice.

Neaveia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae which is endemic to the Afrotropical realm. Its only species, Neaveia lamborni, the pierine blue, is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Both the genus and species were first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1910. The habitat consists of forests and open areas.

Janthecla is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Celmia is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

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Zeritis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Afrotropical realm.