Vindula dejone

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

Upperside

The Malay Cruiser (Vindula dejone) is a butterfly from the family Nymphalidae found in Southeast Asia. It is sexually dimorphic.

Larvae feed on Adenia.^[1]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[1]

• V. d. ambonensis Nieuwenhuis (Ambon)
• V. d. bagrada (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Timor, Wetar)
• V. d. buruana (Fruhstorfer, 1902) (Buru)
• V. d. celebensis Butler (Sulawesi)
• V. d. cycnia de Nicéville (Kai Island)
• V. d. dajakorum Fruhstorfer (Borneo)
• V. d. dejone (Philippines)
• V. d. dorokusana Fruhstorfer (Bachan, Halmahera)
• V. d. erotella (Butler, 1879) (southern Thailand to Singapore)
• V. d. erotoides de Nicéville (Sumatra)
• V. d. javana Fruhstorfer (Java)
• V. d. natunensis Fruhstorfer (Natuna Islands)
• V. d. obiensis (Rothschild, 1899) (Obi)
• V. d. rafflesi Pendlebury, 1939
• V. d. tiomana (Pendlebury, 1933)

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