Deudorix kessuma deliochus, ♂, from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Deudorix
Subgenus: Virachola
Species: Deudorix kessuma
Subspecies: D. k. clearchus – D. k. deliochus – D. k. kessuma – D. k. throana

Name

Deudorix kessuma (Horsfield, [1829]).

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Holotype: ♀ not located.

Synonymy

  • Thecla kessuma Horsfield, [1829]: 89.
  • Deudorix deliochus Hewitson, 1878: (Suppl.) 31, pl. 5a, figs 68-69.
  • Rapala kessuma (Horsfield); Fruhstorfer, 1912: 257; Lewis, 1974: pl. 180, fig. 28.
  • Virachola kessuma (Horsfield); Pinratana, 1981: 145, pl. 27, fig. 1; D'Abrera, 1986: 624; Seki et al, 1991: 99, pl. 67 L362; Eliot, 1992: 325, 425, pl. 49, figs 36, 37.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536-672. Melbourne.
  • Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. Text Plates.
  • Horsfield, T., 1828-1829. A descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144 pp., 8 pls. London.
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. London.
  • Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok.
  • Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
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