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Discophora deo

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Discophora deo
Discophora deo fruhstorferi from Vietnam
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Discophora
Species:
D. deo
Binomial name
Discophora deo

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

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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

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

See also

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Cited references

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 135, E10.2.

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