Calinaga is the sole genus of the monotypic nymphalid butterfly subfamily Calinaginae. Its species occur in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The evolutionary history of Calinaga remains a mystery until today. Recent research indicated that the common ancestor of Calinaga first split in the Eocene in southern China. This was most likely due to a consequence of geological and environmental impacts of the collision of the Indian and Asian subcontinents.[1]
| Calinaga | |
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| Calinaga buddha | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Calinaginae Moore, 1895 |
| Genus: | Calinaga Moore, 1857 |
| Species | |
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Classification
- Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 – Abor freak
- Calinaga buddha Moore, 1857 – freak
- Calinaga buphonas Oberthür, 1920
- Calinaga cercyon de Nicéville
- Calinaga davidis Oberthür
- Calinaga funebris Oberthür, 1919
- Calinaga funeralis Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2000
- Calinaga genestieri Oberthür, 1922
- Calinaga gautama Moore, 1896 – Sikkim freak
- Calinaga lhatso Oberthür, 1893
- Calinaga sudassana Melville, 1893
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