Vindula dejone

Malay cruiser
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Vindula
Species:	V. dejone
Binomial name
	Vindula dejone; (Erichson, 1834)
Subspecies
	Many, see text
Synonyms
	Cynthia dejone Erichson, 1834; Cynthia erotella Butler, 1879; Cynthia cantori Distant, 1882; Vindula rafflesi Pendlebury, 1939; Cynthia obiensis Rothschild, 1899;

Vindula dejone, the Malay cruiser, is a butterfly from the family Nymphalidae found in Southeast Asia. It is sexually dimorphic.

Larvae feed on Adenia.^[1]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically: (after ^[1])

V. d. ambonensis Nieuwenhuis – Indonesia (Ambon)
V. d. austrosundana (Fruhstorfer, 1897) – Indonesia (Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Kalao)
V. d. bagrada (Fruhstorfer, 1912) – Indonesia (Timor, Wetar)
V. d. bongana Schröder & Treadaway, 1989 – Indonesia [?]
V. d. buruana (Fruhstorfer, 1902) – Indonesia (Buru)
V. d. bushi Tsukada, 1985 – Indonesia (Kabaena)
V. d. celebensis (Butler, 1874) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
V. d. cycnia de Nicéville – Indonesia (Kai Island)
V. d. dajakorum (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – Indonesia (Borneo)
V. d. dejone (Erichson, 1834) – Philippines
V. d. dioneia (Fruhstorfer, 1912) – Indonesia (Sula Island)
V. d. dorokusana (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – Indonesia (Bachan, Halmahera)
V. d. erotella (Butler, 1879) – Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsula), Singapore
V. d. erotoides de Nicéville – Indonesia (Sumatra)
V. d. elisae Casteleyn, 2008 – Indonesia (Sulawesi [Buton Regency (Batu Atas)])
V. d. hildae Casteleyn, 2008 – Indonesia (Sulawesi [Wakatobi Regency])
V. d. huyghei Casteleyn, 2008 – Indonesia (Pagai)
V. d. javana Fruhstorfer – Indonesia (Java)
V. d. kabiana (Fruhstorfer, 1912) – Indonesia (Salayer Island)
V. d. natunensis (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – Indonesia (Natuna Islands)
V. d. obiensis (Rothschild, 1899) – Indonesia (Obi)
V. d. rafflesi Pendlebury, 1939 – Malaysia (Aur Island)
V. d. satellitica (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – Indonesia (Banggai)
V. d. sibutuensis Schröder & Treadaway, 1989 – Indonesia (Sulu Archipelago [Sibutu Island])
V. d. susanoo Tsukada, 1985 – Indonesia (Talaud)
V. d. tiomana (Pendlebury, 1933) – Malaysia (Tioman, Peninsula Malaysia)

References

1 2 "Vindula Hemming, 1934" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[funet-1] 1 2 "Vindula Hemming, 1934" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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