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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
Sinia leechi
China
The
shijimiaeoides
species group
Sinia
divina
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
Tibet
, western China
*
S. l. honei
Batang
, Tibet
*
S. l. pomena
Huang
, 1998 western Tibet,
southeast
Tibet
