''Calinaga'' is the sole genus of the

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nymphalid butterfly subfamily Calinaginae. Its species occur in

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. 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. CC-BY icon

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Classification

*'' Calinaga aborica'' Tytler, 1915 – Abor freak *''

Calinaga buddha ''Calinaga buddha'', the freak, is a species of butterfly in the Calinaginae subfamily that is found in parts of Southeast Asia , Yunnan, China and in India. Description Race ''brahma'' The upperside ground colour is fuliginous (sooty) black ...

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, 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''

, 1896 – Sikkim freak *'' Calinaga lhatso'' Oberthür, 1893 *'' Calinaga sudassana'' Melville, 1893

References

*Igarashi, S. & H. Fukuda (2000). ''The Life Histories of Asian Butterflies'' vol. 2. Tokai University Press, Tokyo.
''Calinaginae''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

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