Sinia Explained

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

External links

• Web site: Savela . Markku . Sinia Forster, 1940 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 21, 2018.

Notes and 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)