Vindula dejone explained

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 (Aur, Malaysia)
• V. d. satellitica (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – (Banggai)
• V. d. susanoo Tsukada, 1985 – (Talaud)
• V. d. tiomana (Pendlebury, 1933) (Tioman, Malaysia)
• V. d. hildae (Casteleyn, 2008) (Kaledupa, Wangi-wangi, Binongko)
• V. d. huyghei (Casteleyn, 2008) (Pagai)
• V. d. elisae (Casteleyn, 2008) (Batuatas)

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/vindula/ "Vindula Hemming, 1934"