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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Deudorix |
| Species: | D. kessuma
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Subspecies
edit- 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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- ^ "Deudorix Hewitson, 1863" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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