Discophora deo

Banded duffer
Discophora deo fruhstorferi from Vietnam
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Discophora
Species:	D. deo
Binomial name
Discophora deo de Nicéville, 1898

Discophora deo, the banded duffer, ^[1] 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 ^[2] in India across to the northern part of Myanmar, ^[3] the Shan States, northern Thailand to northern Vietnam. ^[1]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that the butterfly was very rare in its South Asian range. ^[3]

See also

• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Morphinae)
• List of butterflies of India (Nymphalidae)

Cited references

1. "Discophora Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. de Nicéville, 1898; Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12 (1): 137 (Manipur)
3. 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.