Discophora
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disc”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).
Proper noun
Discophora f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – duffer butterflies of Asia.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Stemonuraceae – trees of the New World tropics.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Nymphalidae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Morphinae - subfamily; Amathusiini - tribe
- (genus in Stemonuraceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms; eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, campanulids - clades; Aquifoliales - order; Stemonuraceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus in Stemonuraceae): Discophora guianensis - type species; Discophora montana - other species
Proper noun
Discophora
- (obsolete) A taxonomic class within the phylum Cnidaria – a taxon broadly equivalent to modern Scyphozoa.
- (obsolete) A taxonomic subclass within the class Scyphozoa – a paraphyletic taxon of varying composition, but usually Semaeostomeae and Rhizostomae.
References
- obsolete taxa
- Discophora in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- butterflies
Discophora (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Discophora (Boisduval) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Discophora (Nymphalidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Discophora at the Tree of Life Web Project
- trees
- Discophora (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Discophora (Stemonuraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Discophora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons