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| Male, dorsal view | |
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| Male, ventral view | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Vindula |
| Species: | V. arsinoe |
| Binomial name | |
| Vindula arsinoe (Cramer, 1777) | |
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Vindula arsinoe, the cruiser, 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:
- V. a. ada (Butler, 1874) – (Banks Island, Cape York - Mackay)
- V. a. adina (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – (Waigeu)
- V. a. arsinoe (Cramer, ) – (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
- Herbison-Evans, Don. "Vindula arsinoe". University of Technology, Sydney. Archived from the original on 2008-07-28. Retrieved 2008-09-09.
- "Vindula Hemming, 1934" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- "Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) Home".
External links
- Vindula arsinoe ada, Cruiser butterfly, Natural History Museum
- Vindula arsinoe ada, Australian Biological Resources Study
- Vindula arsinoe, James Cook University
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