Sinonympha is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae (subfamily Satyrinae). The genus contains the single species Sinonympha amoena, which is found only in western China.

Sinonympha
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Sinonympha

Lee, 1974 [1]
Species:
S. amoena
Binomial name
Sinonympha amoena
Lee, 1974

Synonymy

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Sinonympha avinoffi (Schaus, 1927) is conspecific and has date priority.

References

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  1. ^ Lee, Cl. 1974; Some new species of Rhopalocera from China. IV Acta ent. Sinica 17 (2): 198-204
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