| Bassarona | |
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| Bassarona dunya | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Adoliadini |
| Genus: | Bassarona Moore, [1897] |
| Species | |
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Numerous, see text | |
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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
- Bassarona durga (Moore, [1858]) – blue duke
- 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
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