Vindula arsinoe

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.

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

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. moluccana Nieuwenhuis – (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. http://anic.ento.csiro.au/entomid-png/taxon_details.asp?BiotaID=8101
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