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Vindula
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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
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Collections
- YPM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NMMNHS, USNM, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Vagrantini
- Image
- Cruiser female.jpg
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- taxon name
- Vindula
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Vindula
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- Vindula
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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: Vindula arsinoe (Cramer, 1777) – cruiser Vindula dejone (Erichson, 1834) – Malay cruiser, lesser cruiser Vindula erota (Fabricius, 1793) – common cruiser Vindula sapor (Godman & Salvin, 1888)
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