Calinaga buddha, the freak, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family, Calinaginae subfamily.

Forewings and hindwings with the following white markings, sometimes slightly tinged with cream colour.

Underside: forewing pale fuliginous black; white markings as on the upperside, but larger, more diffuse.

Antenna, head, thorax posteriorly and abdomen black; pronotum and mesonotum anteriorly and on the sides with crimson pubescence; beneath, antennae, head, thorax and abdomen black.

[3] The female lays isolated eggs on the underside of leaves of the host plant.