''Sinthusa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
lycaenid butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
, the sparks. They are small species with the male genitalia and secondary sexual characters of ''
Virachola'', but less robust and weaker in flight. The males are easily recognized, with the forewings oily indigo blue changing to shining blue in a side light and hindwings shining violet blue in all lights. The species of this genus are found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
. The genus was erected by
Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company.
It has been said that Mo ...
in 1884.
Species
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Sinthusa chandrana''
Moore
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Sinthusa peregrinus''
Staudinger
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Sinthusa nasaka''
Horsfield
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Sinthusa malika
''Sinthusa malika'' is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South-East Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the ...
''
Horsfield
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Sinthusa privata
''Sinthusa'' is a genus of lycaenid butterflies, the sparks. They are small species with the male genitalia and secondary sexual characters of '' Virachola'', but less robust and weaker in flight. The males are easily recognized, with the forewin ...
''
Fruhstorfer
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Sinthusa kawazoei''
H. Hayashi, 1976
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Sinthusa virgo''
Elwes
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Sinthusa makikoae''
H. Hayashi & Ohtsuka
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Sinthusa mindanensis
''Sinthusa mindanensis'' is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae Species description, first described by Hisakazu Hayashi, Heinz G. Schröder and Colin G. Treadaway in 1978. It is found on the Philippine islands of Mindanao and Leyte.
Reference ...
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H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
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Sinthusa natsumiae
''Sinthusa natsumiae'' is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1979. ''
H. Hayashi
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Sinthusa stephaniae
''Sinthusa stephaniae'' is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found on the Philippine islands of Mindanao, Leyte, Negros and Samar
Samar ( ) is the third-largest and seventh-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total popu ...
''
H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
References
* Seitz, A., 1924-1927: ''The Macrolepidoptera of the World,'' 9: 903–1026. Stuttgart.
* Eliot J.N., 1992: In Corbet & Pendlebury. ''The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula'', 4th ed. x+595pp, 69pls. Kuala Lumpur.
* Treadaway, Colin G., 1995: Checklist of the Butterflies of the Philippine Islands. ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', Suppl. 14: 7–118.
* Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. & Otsuka K., 1991: Butterflies of Borneo, Lycaenidae. 2 (1): 1–113. Toboshima Corporation. Tokyo.
* Treadaway, Colin G. & Schröder, Heinz, 2012: Revised Checklist of the Butterflies of the Philippine Islands. ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo'', Suppl. 20: 1-64.
External links
* With images.
"''Sinthusa'' Moore 1884" ''Tree of Life Web Project''. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
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Deudorigini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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