Bassarona recta, the redtail marquis,"Bassarona Moore, " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms 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. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175. Range It is found in Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia and Langkawi.
Subspecies Bassarona recta recta (Assam to Burma and possibly Thailand) Bassarona recta monilis Moore, (central Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi)
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