Vindula arsinoe
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The Cruiser 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
.
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
. It ranges from the Maluku Islands
Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands are an archipelago that is part of Indonesia, and part of the larger Maritime Southeast Asia region. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone...
and New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
to the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
and Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. It is sexually dimorphic
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species. Examples of such differences include differences in morphology, ornamentation, and behavior.-Examples:-Ornamentation / coloration:...
.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.- 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)
External links
- Vindula arsinoe ada, Cruiser butterfly, Natural History Museum
- Vindula arsinoe ada, Australian Biological Resources Study
- Vindula arsinoe, James Cook University