Bassarona teuta

Banded Marquis
Male of Bassarona teuta. Mounted specimen on display at the Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropod
Class: Insect
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

The Banded Marquis Bassarona teuta[1] is a species of nymphalid butterfly.

This species is placed by some authors in the genus Euthalia, as Bassarona is 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, Palawan.[1][2]

Gallery

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 23, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.