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.[1]
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| Subfamily: | Calinaginae Moore, 1895 |
| Genus: | Calinaga Moore, 1857 |
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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
References
- Todisco, Valentina; Nazari, Vazrick; Cesaroni, Donatella; Sbordoni, Valerio (13 April 2017). "Preliminary molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the monobasic subfamily Calinaginae (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 93 (2): 243–254. doi:10.3897/zse.93.10744.
- 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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