Bug card No. 2726 of 4,939

Malay cruiser

Vindula dejone

Eats: Plants ButterfliesRainforests and jungles6 legs

The Malay cruiser is a butterfly from the warm forests of Southeast Asia. The males and females look quite different from each other. It lives on many, many islands.

Lives in

Southeast Asia, from Thailand and Malaysia to Indonesia and the Philippines

Top speed

about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)

Flying, estimate

Can it hurt you?

Harmless

Harmless. It does not bite or sting.

What does it eat?

Its caterpillars eat the leaves of Adenia vines.

Photo of Malay cruiser — Picture by A.S.Kono. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)

Malay cruiser about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)

A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)

cool stuff

Fun facts

It has more than 25 slightly different kinds, and many of them live on just one island.

Its caterpillars feed on Adenia, a climbing vine.

Because the male and female look so different, you might think they are two different butterflies.

you asked

Most asked questions about Malay cruiser

?Where does the Malay cruiser live?

In Southeast Asia, from Thailand and Malaysia to Indonesia and the Philippines.

?What does the Malay cruiser eat?

Its caterpillars eat the leaves of Adenia vines.

For bug experts

Scientific name: Vindula dejone
Named by: Erichson, 1834
Group: Butterflies
Family: Nymphalidae
Classification: Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
Lives on: Asia

Where the facts come from

Vindula dejone (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
Picture by A.S.Kono. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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