Bassarona teuta

Banded marquis
	from Meghalaya
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
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;

Bassarona teuta, the banded marquis,^[1] is a species of nymphalid butterfly.

This species is placed by some authors in the genus Euthalia, as Bassarona may be considered only a subgenus.^[2]

Subspecies

B. t. teuta (Assam to Thailand)
B. t. goodrichi (Distant, 1886) (southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Pulau Tioman)
B. t. affinis Lathy, 1900 (Siam)
B. t. rayana (Morishita, 1968) (Langkawi)
B. t. tiomanica Eliot, 1978 (Pulau Tioman)
B. t. teutoides (Moore, 1877) (Andamans)
B. t. gupta (de Nicéville, 1886) (southern Burma)
B. t. eurus (de Nicéville, 1894) (Sumatra)
B. t. yapana Fruhstorfer (Batu Island)
B. t. externa (de Nicéville, 1894) (Nias)
B. t. eion (de Nicéville, 1894) (Java)
B. t. veyana Fruhstorfer (Flores)
B. t. bellata (Druce, 1873) (Borneo)
B. t. ira (Moore, 1896) (Burma)
B. t. salpona (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Natuna Island)
B. t. eson (de Nicéville, 1894) (Palawan)

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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]