Discophora timora
| Great Duffer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Discophora |
| Species: | D. timora |
| Binomial name | |
| Discophora timora Westwood, 1850 | |
The Great Duffer Discophora timora Westwood, 1850[1] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae sub family of the Brush-footed butterflies family.
Distribution
The Great Duffer ranges from Sikkim and Assam in India to Myanmar, Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Indo-China.[1]
A subspecies of the butterfly is found as a Rare endemic in the Andaman islands. It was recorded as Discophora continentalis andamanensis, Staudinger by Evans.[2]
See also
- Morphinae
- Nymphalidae
- List of butterflies of India
- List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
- List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)
Cited references
- 1 2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on Discophora genus.
- ↑ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 135, E10.4.
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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