Calinaga buddha

Freak
C. b. formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Calinaga
Species:
C. buddha
Binomial name
Calinaga buddha
Moore, 1857
Subspecies
6 subspecies
Synonyms
3 synonyms

Calinaga buddha, the freak, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family, Calinaginae subfamily. It is found from Muree, Punjab, Pakistan to Assam, India and from Sikkim, India to north Myanmar. The subspecies C. b. brahma Butler, 1885 is found in Yunnan, China and Assam India, and the subspecies C. b. formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908 is found in Taiwan.