''Bassarona'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
brush-footed butterflies
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a redu ...
found in India and Southeast Asia.
Selected species
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Bassarona byakko''
(Uehara & Yoshida, 1995)
* ''
Bassarona dunya''
(Doubleday, 848 – great marquis
* ''
Bassarona durga
''Bassarona durga'', the blue duke,nymphalid butterfly found in the Himalayas.
Range
It is found in Sikkim, Abor Hills and Nagaland.
in 2022 an indian state sikkim has declared it as a state butterfly on the occasion of world environment day. ...
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(Moore, 858 – blue duke
* ''
Bassarona iva''
(Moore, 858 – grand duke
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Bassarona labotas''
(Hewitson, 1864)
* ''
Bassarona piratica''
(Semper, 1888)
* ''
Bassarona recta''
(de Nicéville, 1886) – red-tailed marquis
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Bassarona teuta''
(Doubleday, 848 – banded marquis
Limenitidinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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