Sinia

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

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.
Sinia lanty (Oberthür, 1886) Tibet, western China
- S. l. honei (Forster, 1940) Batang, Tibet
- S. l. pomena Huang, 1998 western Tibet, southeast Tibet

↑ 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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