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]
Cited references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Discophora genus.
- ↑ Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, E10.4. (pg 135).
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed). Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
- Haribal, Meena (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. Gangtok, Sikkim.
- Markku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera .
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.