Calinaga aborica
| Dark Freak | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Calinaga |
| Species: | C. aborica |
| Binomial name | |
| Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 | |
The Dark Freak (Calinaga aborica) is a species of butterfly in the Calinaginae sub-family that is found in India and the Abor Hills of northern Burma.
Description
Male. Upperside black with pale creme colored markings. Forewing: two narrow pale streaks, irrorated with fuliginous scales, occupying basal half of the cell and joined together towards the base; the lower streak the longer of the two; two short contiguous similarly colored streaks, places one above the other, towards the end of the cell, between which and the bases of veins 3 and 5 are two ore very indistinct pale spots; a broad pale streak, bifurcated at its outer half, in interspaces 1, commencing at the base and extending well beyond the base of vein 2, the lower portion the longer; a long narrow pale streak at base of interspace 4; a discal row of narrow pale streaks in interspaces 2-6; a subterminal row of pale cream spots in interspaces 1-6, interspcace 1 having two spots; and lastly a terminal row of very indistinct spots in interspace 1-4. Hindwing: a broad pale streak in cell, commencing at the base and not quite reaching the end, the outer two-thirds bifurcated and dusted with fuliginous scales, the upper portion a little longer than the lower; two pale streaks dusted with fuliginous scales at base of interspaces 4 and 5; a discal row of pale spots in interspaces 1-3 and 5-7, the first very small and indistinct, those in interspaces 5 and 6 long and linear; a subterminal row of large pale spots in interspaces 1-6; basal half of interspaces 1-b and 1-a pale cream; dorsal half of the wing densely covered with long grey hairs. Underside: pale markings as above but much broader and distinct; the subterminal row of pale spots on hindwing continued into interspace 1-b. Body above black, sides of body at junction of the forewings red; underneath black, red near base of hindwings. Antennae black; eyes brown. Expanse: Male 3.5-3.62" [1]
This species is found in the Arunachal Pradesh of India[2]
References
- ↑ Tytler, 1915 Journal of Bombay Natural History Society. 23 (3): 511
- ↑ Sondhi, S., T. Karmakar, Y. Sondhi, R. Jhaveri & K. Kunte (2016). Re-discovery of Calinaga aborica Tytler, 1915 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Calinaginae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(3): 8618–8622; http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.2354.8.3.8618-8622