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]

Calinaga
Calinaga buddha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Calinaginae
Moore, 1895
Genus: Calinaga
Moore, 1857
Species

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Classification

References

  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. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  • 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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