''Sinia'' is a
genus
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of
butterflies
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in the family
Lycaenidae
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first described by
Walter Forster in 1940. The species of this genus are found in the far eastern
Palearctic realm
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...
.
Species
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Sinia leechi
''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 ''shijimiaeoi ...
''
(Forster, 1940) China
The ''shijimiaeoides''
species group
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*''
Sinia divina
''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 ''shijimiae ...
''
(Fixsen, 1887) Korea
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,
Japan,
Amur Oblast
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,
Ussuri
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This largest species of the present group is above almost spotted like ''
Scolitantides orion
''Scolitantides orion'', the chequered blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies). It is found in Europe, Russia and east across the Palearctic to Japan.
Subspecies
*''S. o. orion'' Europe (Greece, ...
''; 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) ]
*''
Sinia lanty
''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 ''shijimiae ...
''
(Oberthür, 1886) Tibet
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, 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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Polyommatini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Walter Forster (entomologist)
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