Bassarona teuta
| Banded marquis | |
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| 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 | |
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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
- B. t. teuta (Assam to Thailand)
- B. t. goodrichi (Distant, 1886) (southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Pulau Tioman)
- B. t. affinis Lathy, 1900 (Siam)
- B. t. rayana (Morishita, 1968) (Langkawi)
- B. t. tiomanica Eliot, 1978 (Pulau Tioman)
- B. t. teutoides (Moore, 1877) (Andamans)
- B. t. gupta (de Nicéville, 1886) (southern Burma)
- B. t. eurus (de Nicéville, 1894) (Sumatra)
- B. t. yapana Fruhstorfer (Batu Island)
- B. t. externa (de Nicéville, 1894) (Nias)
- B. t. eion (de Nicéville, 1894) (Java)
- B. t. veyana Fruhstorfer (Flores)
- B. t. bellata (Druce, 1873) (Borneo)
- B. t. ira (Moore, 1896) (Burma)
- B. t. salpona (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Natuna Island)
- B. t. eson (de Nicéville, 1894) (Palawan)
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]
Gallery
Illustration of Bassarona teuta form gupta
Illustration of Bassarona teuta, dorsal view
Lateral view
References
- 1 2 3 "Bassarona Moore, [1897]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 1 2 3 Samui Butterflies
- ↑ India Biodiversity Portal
- "Euthalia teuta gupta (de Niceville, 1886)" at A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China