Vindula arsinoe

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.

  • Dorsal view of male, Cairns, Queensland

  • Female, Cairns, Queensland

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[2][3]

  • V. a. ada (Butler, 1874)
  • V. a. adina (Fruhstorfer, 1906)
  • V. a. arsinoe (Cramer, 1777)
  • V. a. bosnikensis (Joicey & Noakes)
  • V. a. catenes (Godman & Salvin)
  • V. a. clodia (Godman & Salvin)
  • V. a. dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915)
  • V. a. erotella (Butler)
  • V. a. figalea (Fruhstorfer)
  • V. a. insularis (Godman & Salvin, 1877)
  • V. a. lemina (Ribbe, 1898)
  • V. a. meforica (Fruhstorfer, 1906)
  • V. A. meridionalis (Talbot, 1932)
  • V. a. moluccana (Nieuwenhuis)
  • V. a. pisidike (Fruhstorfer)
  • V. a. polykaste (Fruhstorfer)
  • V. a. rebeli (Fruhstorfer, 1906)
  • V. a. rookiana (Strand, 1916)

References

  1. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don. "Vindula arsinoe". University of Technology, Sydney. Archived from the original on 2008-07-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20080728171133/http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/nymp/arsinoe.html. Retrieved 2008-09-09. 
  2. ^ http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/vindula/index.html
  3. ^ http://anic.ento.csiro.au/entomid-png/taxon_details.asp?BiotaID=8101

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