Discophora timora

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.

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

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

Cited references

References

• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.