Vindula dejone

Malay cruiser
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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

Upperside

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:^[1]

• V. d. ambonensis Nieuwenhuis – (Ambon)
• V. d. austrosundana (Fruhstorfer, 1897) – (Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Kalao)
• V. d. bagrada (Fruhstorfer, 1912) – (Timor, Wetar)
• V. d. buruana (Fruhstorfer, 1902) – (Buru)
• V. d. bushi Tsukada, 1985 – (Kabaena)
• V. d. celebensis (Butler, 1874) – (Sulawesi)
• V. d. cycnia de Nicéville – (Kai Island)
• V. d. dajakorum (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – (Borneo)
• V. d. dejone (Erichson, 1834) – (Philippines)
• V. d. dioneia (Fruhstorfer, 1912) – (Sula Island)
• V. d. dorokusana (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – (Bachan, Halmahera)
• V. d. erotella (Butler, 1879) – (southern Thailand to Singapore)
• V. d. erotoides de Nicéville – (Sumatra)
• V. d. javana Fruhstorfer – (Java)
• V. d. kabiana (Fruhstorfer, 1912) – Salayer
• V. d. natunensis (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – (Natuna Islands)
• V. d. obiensis (Rothschild, 1899) – (Obi)
• V. d. rafflesi Pendlebury, 1939
• V. d. satellitica (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – (Banggai)
• V. d. susanoo Tsukada, 1985 – (Talaud)
• V. d. tiomana (Pendlebury, 1933)

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