Bassarona recta

Redtail marquis
B. recta - Binh Than, Vietnam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bassarona
Species:	B. recta
Binomial name
Bassarona recta (de Nicéville, 1886)
Synonyms
Symphaedra rectade Nicéville, 1886 Euthalia recta Bassarona monilisMoore, [1897]

Bassarona recta, the redtail marquis, ^[1] is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South and South-East Asia. E. recta is much rarer than E. teuta , occurring like this in two broods, one of the dry-season with very broad longitudinal bands on both wings, female with monotonous red-brown under surface; the form of the wet-season having the under surface dark brown, richly clouded with black. ^[2]

Range

It is found in Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia and Langkawi. ^[1]

Subspecies

• Bassarona recta recta (Assam to Burma and possibly Thailand)
• Bassarona recta monilisMoore, [1897] (central Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi)

References

1. "Bassarona Moore, [1897]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .