Vindula Explained

Vindula, commonly called cruisers, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found in southeast Asia and Australia. These butterflies are dimorphic.

Species

Ordered alphabetically:^[1]

• Vindula arsinoe (Cramer, 1777) – cruiser
• Vindula dejone (Erichson, 1834) – Malay cruiser, lesser cruiser^[2]
• Vindula erota (Fabricius, 1793) – common cruiser
• Vindula sapor (Godman & Salvin, 1888)

External links

• Vindula at Tree of life
• Images representing Vindula at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/vindula/ "Vindula Hemming, 1934"
2. Kirton, Laurence G. (2014). A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malayasia, Singapore and Thailand. Oxford: John Beaufoy Publ., p 77.