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.
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
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