Bassarona teuta teuta (Doubleday, [1848]) (Banded Marquis)

Bhowmik, Suman, 2021, Fifty-one new additions to the butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) fauna of Tripura, North-east India, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 47 (1), pp. 35-60 : 51

37. Bassarona teuta teuta (Doubleday, [1848]) (Banded Marquis)

Remarks. This species is legally protected under schedule II of the Indian Wildlife (Protected) Act, 1972 ( Anonymous 1997). On 05.xii.2015, a male individual was observed on a Citrus sinensis plant in Jampui Hills (24°0’6” N & 92°16’44” E, ca. 575 m above msl.). Later several sightings were made in different locations of Jampui Hills including a female. This species is not very rare in Jampui Hills, although very rare throughout the state.

Current known distribution. Bangladesh, Myanmar, India (Meghalaya & Manipur) ( Van Gasse 2013; Varshney & Smetacek 2015).