Bassarona Explained

Bassarona is a genus of brush-footed butterflies found in India and Southeast Asia.

They are large, powerful, more or less brownish butterflies. The upperside is brown with a row of white spots that may flow together into a white transverse band. The underside is light grey-brown.

Selected species

• Bassarona byakko (Uehara & Yoshida, 1995)
• Bassarona dunya (Doubleday, [1848]) – great marquis ^[1]
• Bassarona durga (Moore, [1858]) – blue duke ^[2]
• Bassarona iva (Moore, [1858]) – grand duke
• Bassarona labotas (Hewitson, 1864)
• Bassarona piratica (Semper, 1888)
• Bassarona recta (de Nicéville, 1886) – red-tailed marquis
• Bassarona teuta (Doubleday, [1848]) – banded marquis ^[3]

Notes and References

1. Miga . M . Yap . YZ . Jahari . PNS . Parimannan . S . Rajandas . H . Abu Bakar-Latiff . M . Jing Wei . Y . Shamsir . MS . Mohd Salleh . F . Complete mitochondrial genome data and phylogenetic analysis of the Great Marquis, Bassarona dunya (Doubleday, 1848) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae) from Malaysia. . Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources . 2023 . 8 . 1 . 167–171 . 10.1080/23802359.2023.2167476 . 36733274. 9888454 .
2. Pradhan . D K . Indian Journal of Biological Sciences . TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY OF BASSARONA DURGA DURGA (MOORE) FROM THE HIMALAYAN ECO-ZONE OF SIKKIM . 2022-09-30 . 2024-05-01.
3. Otaki . JM . Morphological and Spatial Diversity of the Discal Spot on the Hindwings of Nymphalid Butterflies: Revision of the Nymphalid Groundplan. . Insects . 23 September 2020 . 11 . 10 . 654 . 10.3390/insects11100654 . free . 32977583 . 7598249 .