Cyaniris

{{Short description|Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae}}

{{Automatic_taxobox

| image = Cyaniris semiargus CH 1.jpg

| image_caption = Cyaniris semiargus

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Cyaniris

| authority = Dalman, 1816

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

• Nomiades Hübner, [1819]
• Glaucolinea Wang & Rehn, 1999

}}

Cyaniris is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

Recent molecular studies have determined that Cyaniris is a different genus from Polyommatus, where it has been included for several years.{{cite journal |last1=Talavera |first1=Gerard |last2=Lukhtanov |first2=Vladimir A. |last3=Pierce |first3=Naomi E. |last4=Vila |first4=Roger |title=Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) |journal=Cladistics |date=2012-09-10 |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=166–192 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00421.x }}