| Calinaga | |
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| Calinaga buddha | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Calinaginae Moore, 1895 |
| Genus: | Calinaga Moore, 1857 |
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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.[1]
- ^ 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.
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