''Vindula'', commonly called cruisers, is a genus of

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of the

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Heliconiinae The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the P ...

in the family

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found in

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and

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. These butterflies are dimorphic.

Species

Ordered alphabetically: * '' Vindula arsinoe'' (Cramer, 1777) – cruiser * '' Vindula dejone'' (Erichson, 1834) – Malay cruiser, lesser cruiserKirton, Laurence G. (2014). ''A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malayasia, Singapore and Thailand.'' Oxford: John Beaufoy Publ., p 77. * '' Vindula erota'' (Fabricius, 1793) – common cruiser * '' Vindula sapor'' (Godman & Salvin, 1888)

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Vagrantini Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Francis Hemming {{Heliconiinae-stub