Discophora deo

The Banded Duffer Discophora deo De Nicéville, 1898^[1] is a butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the Morphinae sub family of the Brush-footed butterflies family.

Distribution

The Banded Duffer ranges from Manipur^[2] in India across to the northern part of Myanmar^[3], the Shan states, North Thailand to North Vietnam^[1].

Evans reports the butterfly as Very Rare in its South Asian range.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Discophora genus.
^ de Nicéville, 1898; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12 (1): 137 (Manipur)
^ ^a ^b Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, E10.2, pg 135.

de Nicéville, Lionel (1898) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12 (1): 137.
Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.