Vindula arsinoe

Cruiser
Male, dorsal view
Male, ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Vindula
Species:	V. arsinoe
Binomial name
Vindula arsinoe (Cramer, 1777)
Subspecies
See text

Vindula arsinoe, the cruiser, ^[1] is a butterfly from the family Nymphalidae. It ranges from the Maluku Islands and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands and Queensland. It is sexually dimorphic.

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  Dorsal view of male, Cairns, Queensland
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  Female, Cairns, Queensland

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically: ^{[2] [3]}

• V. a. ada(Butler, 1874) – (Banks Island, Cape York - Mackay)
• V. a. adina(Fruhstorfer, 1906) – (Waigeu)
• V. a. arsinoe(Cramer, [1777]) – (Ambon, Serang, Saparua)
• V. a. bosnikensis(Joicey & Noakes, 1915) – (Biak)
• V. a. catenes(Godman & Salvin, 1888) – (Solomons (Santa Anna Island))
• V. a. clodia(Godman & Salvin, 1888) – (Solomons (Ulana Island))
• V. a. dampierensis(Rothschild, 1915) – (Dampier Island)
• V. a. figalea(Fruhstorfer, 1904) – (Obi)
• V. a. insularis(Godman & Salvin, 1877) – (New Britain, Duke of York group)
• V. a. lemina(Ribbe, 1898) – (New Ireland)
• V. a. meforica(Fruhstorfer, 1906) – (Noemfoor Island)
• V. a. melena(Fruhstorfer, 1899) – (New Ireland)
• V. a. moluccanaNieuwenhuis – (northern Moluccas?)
• V. a. pisidike(Fruhstorfer, 1903) – (Fergusson, Goodenough, Normanby Island)
• V. a. polykaste(Fruhstorfer, 1903) – (Trobriand Island)
• V. a. rebeli(Fruhstorfer, 1906) – (West Irian - Papua)
• V. a. rookiana(Strand, 1916) – (Rook Island)

References

1. Herbison-Evans, Don. "Vindula arsinoe". University of Technology, Sydney. Archived from the original on 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
2. "Vindula Hemming, 1934" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. "Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) Home".

External links

• Vindula arsinoe ada, Cruiser butterfly Archived 2014-05-25 at the Wayback Machine , Natural History Museum
• Vindula arsinoe ada, Australian Biological Resources Study
• Vindula arsinoe, James Cook University