Discophora timora
Species of butterfly
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Discophora timora, the great duffer,[1] is a butterfly found in South Asia that belongs to the Morphinae subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies family.
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| Great duffer | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Discophora |
| Species: | D. timora |
| Binomial name | |
| Discophora timora Westwood, 1850 | |
Distribution
The great duffer ranges from Sikkim and Assam in India to Myanmar, Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Indochina.[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 William Harry Evans.[2]
