Discophora deo
| Banded duffer | |
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| Discophora deo fruhstorferi from Vietnam | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Discophora |
| Species: | D. deo |
| Binomial name | |
| Discophora deo de Nicéville, 1898 | |
Discophora deo, the banded duffer, is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.
Distribution
The banded duffer ranges from Manipur in India across to the northern part of Myanmar, the Shan States, northern Thailand to northern Vietnam.
Status
In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that the butterfly was very rare in its South Asian range.
See also
Cited references
- 1 2 "Discophora Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ de Nicéville, 1898; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12 (1): 137 (Manipur)
- 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 135, E10.2.
References
- de Nicéville, Lionel (1898) Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12 (1): 137.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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