''Aloeides'', commonly called coppers, is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...

. Most can be found in

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(49 species), but a few species occur as far north as

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(8 species).

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups.Tite & Dickson; The Genus Aloeides and allied genera (Lycaenidae), ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology'' 29:, pages 225-280 (1973) *The "thyra" species group: **'' Aloeides apicalis'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – pointed copper **'' Aloeides arida'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – arid copper **'' Aloeides bamptoni'' Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Brampton's copper **'' Aloeides braueri'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Brauer's copper **'' Aloeides caledoni'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Caledon copper **'' Aloeides clarki'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Coega copper **''

Aloeides dentatis ''Aloeides dentatis'', the Roodepoort copper, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Lesotho and South Africa. The wingspan is 22–26 mm for males and 24–28 mm females. Adults are on wing from August to N ...

'' (Swierstra, 1909) – Roodepoort copper **'' Aloeides depicta'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – depicta copper **'' Aloeides dryas'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Transvaal copper **'' Aloeides egerides'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Red Hill copper **'' Aloeides gowani'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Gowan's copper **'' Aloeides juana'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Juana copper **'' Aloeides kaplani'' Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Kaplan's copper **''

Aloeides lutescens ''Aloeides lutescens'', the Worcester copper, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from sandy flats along the Breede River in the Worcester area and the Robertson Karoo in the West C ...

'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Worcester copper **'' Aloeides margaretae'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Margarite's copper **'' Aloeides nollothi'' Tite & Dickson, 1977 – Nolloth's copper **'' Aloeides oreas'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Oreas copper **'' Aloeides pallida'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – giant copper **'' Aloeides penningtoni'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Pennington's copper **'' Aloeides pringlei'' Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Pringle's copper **'' Aloeides quickelbergei'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Quickelberge's copper **'' Aloeides rileyi'' Tite & Dickson, 1976 – Riley's copper **'' Aloeides simplex'' (Trimen, 1893) – dune copper **'' Aloeides thyra'' (Linnaeus, 1764) – red copper **'' Aloeides vansoni'' Tite & Dickson, 1968 – Van Son's copper *unnamed species group A: **'' Aloeides almeida'' (C. Felder, 1862) – Almeida copper **'' Aloeides aranda'' (Wallengren, 1857) – Aranda copper **'' Aloeides barklyi'' (Trimen, 1874) – Barkly's copper **'' Aloeides conradsi'' (Aurivillius, 1907) – Conrad's copper **'' Aloeides damarensis'' (Trimen, 1891) – Damara copper **'' Aloeides griseus'' Riley, 1921 **'' Aloeides henningi'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Henning's copper **'' Aloeides macmasteri'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 – McMaster's copper **'' Aloeides molomo'' (Trimen, 1870) – molomo copper **'' Aloeides pierus'' (Cramer,

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– dull copper **'' Aloeides plowesi'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Plowes' copper **'' Aloeides stevensoni'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Stevenson's copper **'' Aloeides susanae'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Susan's copper **'' Aloeides swanepoeli'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Swanepoel's copper **'' Aloeides taikosama'' (Wallengren, 1857) – dusky copper **'' Aloeides trimeni'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 – Trimen's copper *unnamed species group B: **'' Aloeides angolensis'' Tite & Dickson, 1973 **'' Aloeides argenteus'' Henning & Henning, 1994 – silvery copper **'' Aloeides barbarae'' Henning & Henning, 1994 – Barbara's copper **'' Aloeides caffrariae'' Henning, 1987 – border copper **'' Aloeides carolynnae'' Dickson, 1983 – Carolynn's copper **'' Aloeides dicksoni'' Henning, 1987 – Diskson's copper **'' Aloeides maluti'' Pringle, 1983 – Maluti copper **'' Aloeides mbuluensis'' Pringle, 1994 – Mbulu copper **'' Aloeides merces'' Henning & Henning, 1986 – Wakkerstroom copper **'' Aloeides monticola'' Pringle, 1994 – Cederberg copper **'' Aloeides mullini'' Henning & Henning, 1996 – Mullin's copper **'' Aloeides namibiensis'' Henning & Henning, 1994 – Namibia copper **'' Aloeides nubilus'' Henning & Henning, 1982 – cloud copper **'' Aloeides rossouwi'' Henning & Henning, 1982 – Rossouw's copper **'' Aloeides tearei'' Henning & Henning, 1982 – Teare's copper **'' Aloeides titei'' Henning, 1987 – Tite's copper

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q4359296 Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Taxonomy articles created by Polbot