Bassarona recta
Species of butterfly
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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]
| Redtail marquis | |
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| 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) | |
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Range
Subspecies
- Bassarona recta recta (Assam to Burma and possibly Thailand)
- Bassarona recta monilis Moore, [1897] (central Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi)
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