Vindula

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.

Cruiser
Male Vindula arsinoe, Cairns, Australia
Female Vindula arsinoe, Cairns, Australia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Vagrantini
Genus:	Vindula Hemming, 1934
Species
Four, see text

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)