Bassarona teuta

Banded marquis
Male specimen at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Bassarona
Species: B. teuta
Binomial name
Bassarona teuta
(Doubleday, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Adolias teuta Doubleday, [1848]
  • Euthalia teuta
  • Euthalia goodrichi Distant, 1886
  • Bassarona affinis Lathy, 1900

Bassarona teuta, the banded marquis,[1] is a species of nymphalid butterfly.

This species is placed by some authors in the genus Euthalia, as Bassarona may be considered only a subgenus.[2]

Subspecies

[1]

Description

Bassarona teuta can reach a wingspan of 60–80 millimetres (2.4–3.1 in).[2] The upperside of the wings is dark brown, with a discal band composed of a continuous series of cream-colored spots. A small spot is present near the apex of the forewings. The underside of the wings is pale brown. Females are quite similar but larger and much paler, with a pale bluish-white discal band. [3]

Range

This species can be found in Assam, Myanmar, Malaya, Thailand, Pulau Tioman, Langkawi, Andamans, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Batu Islands, Nias, Flores, Natuna Islands and Palawan.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bassarona Moore, [1897]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. 1 2 3 Samui Butterflies
  3. India Biodiversity Portal


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