Deudorix kessuma

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Deudorix kessuma
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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

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References

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