Bassarona

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