''Vindula arsinoe'', the cruiser, is a butterfly from the family
Nymphalidae
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. It ranges from the
Maluku Islands
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and
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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to the
Solomon Islands
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and
Queensland
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. It is sexually
dimorphic.
File:CruiserButterfly.jpg, Dorsal view of male, Cairns
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, Queensland
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File:Cruiser female.jpg, 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''
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– (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
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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Vagrantini
Butterflies described in 1777