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, →OCLC.
- 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
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