Discophora timora

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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.

File:Closed wing resting position of Discophora timora Westwood, 1850 - Great Duffer WLB DSC 0208(1)a.jpg

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]

See also

Cited references

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  1. a b "Discophora Boisduval, [1836]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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