Bassarona iva

Grand duke
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Bassarona
Species: B. iva
Binomial name
Bassarona iva
(Moore, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Adolias iva Moore, [1858]

Bassarona iva, the grand duke,[1] is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Himalayas.

Range

It is found in Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Manipur, and the southern Shan States of Myanmar.[1]

Subspecies

  • Bassarona iva iva (Sikkim, Assam and possibly Bhutan)
  • Bassarona iva cooperi Tytler (southern Shan States)

References

  1. 1 2 "Bassarona Moore, [1897]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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