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Vindula dejone

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

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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
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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)

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