Sinia

Sinia
Sinia divina figures 5a and b
Now Sinia lanty
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Sinia
Forster, 1940
Synonyms

Shijimiaeoides Beuret, 1958

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.[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

  1. ↑ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Savela, Markku. "Sinia Forster, 1940". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 21, 2018.


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