Bassarona

Bassarona
	Bassarona dunya
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Adoliadini
Genus:	Bassarona; Moore, [1897]
Species
	Numerous, see text
Synonyms
	Labranga Moore, [1897]; Rangasa Moore, [1897]; Labranga Moore, [1898];

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]

References

^ Miga, M; Yap, YZ; Jahari, PNS; Parimannan, S; Rajandas, H; Abu Bakar-Latiff, M; Jing Wei, Y; Shamsir, MS; Mohd Salleh, F (2023). "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. 8 (1): 167–171. doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2167476. PMC 9888454. PMID 36733274.
^ Pradhan, D K (2022-09-30). "TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY OF BASSARONA DURGA DURGA (MOORE) FROM THE HIMALAYAN ECO-ZONE OF SIKKIM". Indian Journal of Biological Sciences. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
^ Otaki, JM (23 September 2020). "Morphological and Spatial Diversity of the Discal Spot on the Hindwings of Nymphalid Butterflies: Revision of the Nymphalid Groundplan". Insects. 11 (10): 654. doi:10.3390/insects11100654. PMC 7598249. PMID 32977583.

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[1] Miga, M; Yap, YZ; Jahari, PNS; Parimannan, S; Rajandas, H; Abu Bakar-Latiff, M; Jing Wei, Y; Shamsir, MS; Mohd Salleh, F (2023). "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. 8 (1): 167–171. doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2167476. PMC 9888454. PMID 36733274.

[Pradhan_2022_c321-2] Pradhan, D K (2022-09-30). "TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY OF BASSARONA DURGA DURGA (MOORE) FROM THE HIMALAYAN ECO-ZONE OF SIKKIM". Indian Journal of Biological Sciences. Retrieved 2024-05-01.

[3] Otaki, JM (23 September 2020). "Morphological and Spatial Diversity of the Discal Spot on the Hindwings of Nymphalid Butterflies: Revision of the Nymphalid Groundplan". Insects. 11 (10): 654. doi:10.3390/insects11100654. PMC 7598249. PMID 32977583.

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