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
Subspecies:	see text
Binomial name
Vindula arsinoe (Cramer, 1777)

The Cruiser (Vindula arsinoe)^[1] is a day 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 I., 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 Is.))
• V. a. clodia (Godman & Salvin, 1888) – (Solomons (Ulana Is.))
• V. a. dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915) – (Dampier Is.)
• 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 Is.)
• V. a. melena (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – (New Ireland)
• V. a. moluccana Nieuwenhuis – (N. Moluccas?)
• V. a. pisidike (Fruhstorfer, 1903) – (Fergusson, Goodenough, Normanby Is.)
• V. a. polykaste (Fruhstorfer, 1903) – (Trobriand Is.)
• V. a. rebeli (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – (West Irian - Papua)
• V. a. rookiana (Strand, 1916) – (Rook Is.)

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 arsinoe, funet.fi
3. http://anic.ento.csiro.au/entomid-png/taxon_details.asp?BiotaID=8101

External links

• Vindula arsinoe ada, Cruiser butterfly, Natural History Museum
• Vindula arsinoe ada, Australian Biological Resources Study
• Vindula arsinoe, James Cook University