Discophora deo deo  Nicéville, 1898

Discophora deo deo ♂ Up. Discophora deo deo ♂ Un. Discophora deo deo ♂ Up. Discophora deo deo ♂ Un.
♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand. ♂ (dsf), Chiang Mai, Thailand.

ON : Discophora deo Nicéville, 1898
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12(1):137, pl.Y, fig.10,♂.
TL : N.Shan States, Upper Burma. (♂♀, NZC)
Distribution : Assam to Myanmar, N.Thailand.
● ssp.deo
ssp.fruhstorferi
Discophora deo deo map

Type Materials Information

Syntypes 1♂ 1♀, Hsipaw, N.Shan States. (NZC) ; Sheela et al.,2019 : 189, figs.♀,♀(Un), 190, figs.♂,♂(Un).


Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Discophora deo deo ; Godfrey,1930 : 263. ('Prae: Me Song forest'; Chiang Mai)
Discophora deo deo ; Pinratana,1983 : 58, 64, pl.46, fig.26,♂. (Chiang Mai)
Discophora deo deo ; Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 342, pl.145, figs.A29a♂,♂(Un). (Chiang Mai) (in part)
Discophora deo deo ; Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 344, pl.145, figs.N176,♂,♂(Un),♂,'♀(Phrae)'. (Chiang Mai; 'Phrae')
Discophora deo deo ; Kimura et al.,2016 : 153, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Doi Suthep)


Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Chiang Mai : 2♂.
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Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at moderate to high elevations (Alt. 1300 - 1700m).
Records of female of this species in the lowlands are most likely to be female of timora.


Literature

Nicéville, L. de,1898 : On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan, Austro-Malayan, and Australian Region.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12(1):131-161, pl.X,Y,Z,AA.


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