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Sinthusa
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Sinthusa

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 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.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Broad Spark

speciesSinthusa chandrana

Narrow Spark

speciesSinthusa nasaka

Spotted Spark

speciesSinthusa malika

Sinthusa privata

speciesSinthusa privata

Sinthusa verriculata

speciesSinthusa verriculata

Sinthusa chenzhibingi

speciesSinthusa chenzhibingi

Sinthusa stephaniae

speciesSinthusa stephaniae

Sinthusa indrasari

speciesSinthusa indrasari

Sinthusa natsumiae

speciesSinthusa natsumiae

Sinthusa makikoae

speciesSinthusa makikoae

Sinthusa rayata

speciesSinthusa rayata

Sinthusa menglaensis

speciesSinthusa menglaensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 361919.