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

Bassarona
Bassarona dunya
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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 edit

References edit

  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. PMID 36733274.
  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.