Sinia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae first described by Walter Forster in 1940. The species of this genus are found in the far eastern Palearctic realm.
Sinia | |
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Sinia divina figures 5a and b | |
Now Sinia lanty | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: | Sinia Forster, 1940 |
Synonyms | |
Shijimiaeoides Beuret, 1958 |
Species
- Sinia leechi (Forster, 1940) China
The shijimiaeoides species group
- Sinia divina (Fixsen, 1887) Korea, Japan, Amur Oblast, Ussuri This largest species of the present group is above almost spotted like Scolitantides orion; the underside is more sparsely spotted than in S. orion, but the spots of the forewing beneath are so heavy that they are almost united into a band.[1]
- Sinia lanty (Oberthür, 1886) Tibet, western China
- S. l. honei (Forster, 1940) Batang, Tibet
- S. l. pomena Huang, 1998 western Tibet, southeast Tibet
References
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Sinia.
- Savela, Markku. "Sinia Forster, 1940". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 21, 2018.