Vindula arsinoe
Cruiser | |
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Male, dorsal view | |
Male, ventral view | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Vindula |
Species: | V. arsinoe
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Binomial name | |
Vindula arsinoe (Cramer, 1777)
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Subspecies | |
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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.
Dorsal view of male, Cairns, Queensland
Female, Cairns, Queensland
Subspecies[]
- 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[]
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
Categories:
- Vagrantini
- Butterflies described in 1777