Biology:Vindula arsinoe
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of butterfly
| Cruiser | |
|---|---|
| |
| Male, dorsal view | |
| |
| Male, ventral view | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Vindula |
| Species: | V. arsinoe
|
| Binomial name | |
| Vindula arsinoe (Cramer, 1777)
| |
| Subspecies | |
|
See text | |
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. http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/nymp/arsinoe.html.
- ↑ "Vindula Hemming, 1934" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) Home". 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2546998 entry
 |  |
