# Sinia

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For the plant genus, see [Sinia (plant)](/source/Sinia_(plant)).

***Sinia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [butterflies](/source/Butterflies) in the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae) first described by [Walter Forster](/source/Walter_Forster_(entomologist)) in 1940. The species of this genus are found in the far eastern [Palearctic realm](/source/Palearctic_realm).

## Species

- *[Sinia leechi](/source/Sinia_leechi)* (Forster, 1940) [China](/source/China)

The *shijimiaeoides* [species group](/source/Species_group)

- *[Sinia divina](/source/Sinia_divina)* (Fixsen, 1887) [Korea](/source/Korea), [Japan](/source/Japan), [Amur Oblast](/source/Amur_Oblast), [Ussuri](/source/Ussuri) This largest species of the present group is above almost spotted like *[Scolitantides orion](/source/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](/source/Sinia_lanty)* (Oberthür, 1886) [Tibet](/source/Tibet), western [China](/source/Geography_of_China) - *S. l. honei* (Forster, 1940) Batang, Tibet - *S. l. pomena* Huang, 1998 western Tibet, southeast Tibet

## 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)

## External links

- Savela, Markku. ["*Sinia* Forster, 1940"](http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/sinia/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved August 21, 2018.

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