This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Lycaenidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India. This list is based on Evans (1932) and includes 318 species belonging to 76–128 genera depending on taxonomy. Subfamily Poritiinae Genus Poritia – gems Blue gem, Poritia erycinoides (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) Common gem, Poritia hewitsoni Moore, 1865 Green gem, Poritia pleurata Hewitson, 1874 Poritia phama H. Druce, 1895 Genus Simiskina – brilliants Broad-banded brilliant, Simiskina phalena (Hewitson, 1874) (article Poritia phalena as per LepIndex) Subfamily Miletinae Genus Miletus – brownies Bigg's brownie, Miletus biggsii (Distant, 1884) Common brownie, Miletus boisduvali Moore, 1857 Common brownie, Miletus chinensis C. Felder, 1862 Long's brownie, Miletus longeana (de Nicéville, 1898) Great brownie, Miletus symethus (Cramer, 1777) Genus Allotinus – darkies Crenulate darkie, Allotinus drumila (Moore, 1865) Moore (L4.1) Common darkie, Allotinus horsfieldii (Moore, 1857) (L4.3) Angled darkie, Allotinus fabius (Distant, 1887) Blue darkie, Allotinus subviolaceus Felder, 1865 Great darkie, Allotinus multistrigatus de Nicéville, 1886(Note: To be merged with Allotinus drumila) Genus Logania – mottles Watson's mottle, Logania watsoniana de Nicéville, 1898 (L5.1) Dark mottle, Logania distanti Semper, 1891 = Logania massalia Doherty, 1891 (L5.2) Genus Spalgis – apefly Apefly, Spalgis epius (Westwood, 1851) (L6.1) Genus Taraka – forest Pierrot Forest Pierrot, Taraka hamada H. Druce, 1875 (L7.1) Genus Liphyra – moth butterfly Moth butterfly, Liphyra brassolis Westwood, 1864 (L76.1) Subfamily Curetinae Genus Curetis – sunbeams Indian sunbeam, Curetis thetis (Drury, 1773) (L40.1) Burmese sunbeam, Curetis saronis Moore, 1877 (L40.2) Bright sunbeam, Curetis bulis Westwood, [1851] (L40.3) Angled sunbeam, Curetis acuta Moore, 1877 (L40.4) Shiva's sunbeam, Curetis siva Evans, 1954 Toothed sunbeam, Curetis dentata Moore, 1879 Subfamily Polyommatinae Genus Talicada – red Pierrot Red Pierrot, Talicada nyseus Guérin, 1843 (L8.1) Genus Castalius – common Pierrot Common Pierrot, Castalius rosimon Fabricius, 1775 (L9.1) Dark Pierrot, Castalius ananda de Nicéville, 1884 previously Tarucus ananda de Nicéville (L10.1) Genus Caleta – angled Pierrot Angled Pierrot, Caleta caleta (Hewitson, 1876) previously Castalius caleta Moore (L9.2) Genus Discolampa – banded blue Pierrot Banded blue Pierrot, Discolampa ethion Westwood, 1851 previously Castalius ethion Doubleday & Hewitson (L9.3) Genus Pycnophallium – Pierrots Elbowed Pierrot, Pycnophallium elna (Hewitson, 1876) previously Castalius elna Frühstorfer (L9.4) also classified as Caleta elna Straight Pierrot, Pycnophallium roxus (Godart, 1823) previously Castalius roxus Godart (L9.5) also classified as Caleta roxus Genus Tarucus –