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, ) – great marquis Bassarona durga (Moore, ) – blue duke Bassarona iva (Moore, ) – grand duke Bassarona labotas (Hewitson, 1864) Bassarona piratica (Semper, 1888) Bassarona recta (de Nicéville, 1886) – red-tailed marquis Bassarona teuta (Doubleday, ) – banded marquis
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