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Sinia
Sign in to saveSinia 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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sinia is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to Japan, China and Animalia.
Vinony files it under Lycaenidae genera, Polyommatini and Source attribution.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- YPM, USNM
- Recorded in
- Japan
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polyommatini
- Image
- RomanoffMem.LépidPlate13.jpg
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- Category:Sinia
- Commons category
- Sinia
- taxon common name
- 合柱金莲木属
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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. Sinia lanty (Oberthür, 1886) Tibet, western China S. l. honei (Forster, 1940) Batang, Tibet S. l. pomena Huang, 1998 western Tibet, southeast Tibet
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