Deudorix kessuma

Deudorix kessuma
Scientific 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 kessumaHorsfield, [1829] Virachola kessuma Deudorix deliochusHewitson, 1874 Rapala kessuma clearchusFruhstorfer, 1912 Rapala kessuma throanaFruhstorfer, 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 deliochusHewitson, 1874 (Burma to Singapore and possibly Indochina)
• Deudorix kessuma clearchus(Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Sumbawa, Lombok)
• Deudorix kessuma throana(Fruhstorfer, 1914) (Borneo and possibly Sumatra)

References

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