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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.

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Calinaginae
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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

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