Sinia
{{Short description|Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae}}
{{For|the plant genus|Sinia (plant)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = RomanoffMem.LépidPlate13.jpg
| image_caption = Sinia divina figures 5a and b
| image2 = LantyM Oberthur1886OD.JPG
| image2_caption = Now Sinia lanty
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Sinia
| authority = Forster, 1940
| synonyms = Shijimiaeoides Beuret, 1958
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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.
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.Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) {{PD-notice}}
- Sinia lanty (Oberthür, 1886) Tibet, western China
- S. l. honei (Forster, 1940) Batang, Tibet
- S. l. pomena Huang, 1998 western Tibet, southeast Tibet
References
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External links
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- {{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/sinia/ |title=Sinia Forster, 1940 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=August 21, 2018}}
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Category:Taxa named by Walter Forster (entomologist)
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