Calinaga

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