Bassarona

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

Bassarona
Bassarona dunya
Scientific classification
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]

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]