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.

Banded duffer
D. deo fruhstorferi from Vietnam
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D. deo
Binomial name
Discophora deo

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

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.

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