Vindula arsinoe, the Eastern cruiser or just 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.
Subspecies Listed alphabetically:"Vindula Hemming, 1934" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms 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
External links Vindula arsinoe ada, Cruiser butterfly , Natural History Museum Vindula arsinoe ada, Australian Biological Resources Study Vindula arsinoe, James Cook University