Discophora

Translingual edit

From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disc”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).

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.

(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

(genus in Stemonuraceae): Discophora guianensis - type species; Discophora montana - other species

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.