Discophora (butterfly)

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Discophora
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Amathusiini
Genus: Discophora
Butler, 1877 [1]
Synonyms
  • ZerynthiaHübner, [1825] (preocc.)

Discophora, commonly known as the duffers is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. The members are confined to India, China and Southeast Asia.

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References

  1. Discophora at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms