Deudorix kessuma

Deudorix kessuma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deudorix
Species:
D. kessuma
Binomial name
Deudorix kessuma
(Horsfield, [1829])[1]
Synonyms
  • Thecla kessuma Horsfield, [1829]
  • Virachola kessuma
  • Deudorix deliochus Hewitson, 1874
  • Rapala kessuma clearchus Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Rapala kessuma throana Fruhstorfer, 1914

Deudorix kessuma is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in south-east Asia. Larvae feed on Nepenthes species, the first three instars bore into the seed pods.

Subspecies

  • Deudorix kessuma kessuma (Java)
  • Deudorix kessuma deliochus Hewitson, 1874 (Burma to Singapore and possibly Indochina)
  • Deudorix kessuma clearchus (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Sumbawa, Lombok)
  • Deudorix kessuma throana (Fruhstorfer, 1914) (Borneo and possibly Sumatra)

References

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  1. ^ "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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