title: Vindula arsinoe
text: # Vindula arsinoe
  
  Vindula arsinoe, the cruiser, is a butterfly from the family Nymphalidae. It ranges from the Maluku Islands and New Guinea to the Solomon Islands and Queensland. It is sexually dimorphic.
  
  * Dorsal view of male, Cairns, Queensland
  * Female, Cairns, Queensland
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  Listed alphabetically:
  
  * V. a. ada (Butler, 1874) – (Banks Island, Cape York - Mackay)
  * V. a. adina (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – (Waigeu)
  * V. a. arsinoe (Cramer, [1777]) – (Ambon, Serang, Saparua)
  * V. a. bosnikensis (Joicey & Noakes, 1915) – (Biak)
  * V. a. catenes (Godman & Salvin, 1888) – (Solomons (Santa Anna Island))
  * V. a. clodia (Godman & Salvin, 1888) – (Solomons (Ulana Island))
  * V. a. dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915) – (Dampier Island)
  * V. a. figalea (Fruhstorfer, 1904) – (Obi)
  * V. a. insularis (Godman & Salvin, 1877) – (New Britain, Duke of York group)
  * V. a. lemina (Ribbe, 1898) – (New Ireland)
  * V. a. meforica (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – (Noemfoor Island)
  * V. a. melena (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – (New Ireland)
  * V. a. moluccana Nieuwenhuis – (northern Moluccas?)
  * V. a. pisidike (Fruhstorfer, 1903) – (Fergusson, Goodenough, Normanby Island)
  * V. a. polykaste (Fruhstorfer, 1903) – (Trobriand Island)
  * V. a. rebeli (Fruhstorfer, 1906) – (West Irian - Papua)
  * V. a. rookiana (Strand, 1916) – (Rook Island)
  