Lycaena
Lycaena virgaureae Animalia — Arthropoda Classis : Insecta  Ordo : Lepidoptera  Familia : Lycaenidae  Subfamilia : Lycaeninae  Genus : Lycaena  Fabricius, 1807     Synonyma Antipodolycaena Smart, 1975 Boldenaria Zhdanko, 1995 Chalceria Scudder, 1876 Chrysophanus Hübner, 1818 (rejected) Chysoptera Zincken, 1817 Disparia Verity, 1943 (non Nagano, 1916: praeoccupatum Epidemia Scudder, 1876 Helleia Verity, 1943 Heodes Dalman, 1816 Hermelycaena L.D.Miller & F.M.Brown, 1979 Hyllolycaena L.D.Miller & F.M.Brown, 1979 Loweia Tutt, 1906 Lycia Sodovskii, 1837 (non Hübner, 1825: praeoccupatum) Migonitis Sodovskii, 1837 (non Rafinesque, 1815: preoccupied "Palaeochrysophanus" Verity, 1934 (nomen nudum) Palaeochrysophanus Verity, 1943 Palaeoloweia Verity, 1934 Rapsidia Sibatani, 1974 Rumicia Tutt, 1906 Tharsalea Scudder, 1876 Thersamolycaena Verity, 1957 Thersamonia Verity, 1919 et vide commentarium. Lycaena (a Graeco λύκαινα 'lupa') est genus papilionum cuius distributio geographica est tota orbis terrarum. Genus usitate in nonnulla subgenera, sicut Antipodolycaena, dividitur. Multa genera olim separata nunc intra hoc genus subsumuntur; genus Gaiedes quoque fortasse hic pertinere debet.