Scolitantides

{{Short description|Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Scolitantides.orion.1969.jpg

| image_caption = Scolitantides orion

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Scolitantides

| authority = Hübner, 1819

}}

Scolitantides is a Palearctic genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771).[http://www.nic.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/scolitantides/ Funet]