The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [CuCl(2)(C(16)H(14)N(2))(2)], comprises half of the complex. The Cu(II) atom lies on a crystallographic twofold rotation axis and shows a significantly distorted tetra-hedral coordination geometry. The dihedral angle between the phenyl rings is 74.3 (2)°. The crystal structure is stabilized by inter-molecular π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distances = 3.635 (2)-3.803 (3) Å].