Cirrochroa tyche

Common yeoman
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Cirrochroa
Species:	C. tyche
Binomial name
	Cirrochroa tyche; Felder & Felder, 1861
Synonyms
	Cirrochroa mithila Moore, 1872; Cirrochroa zebuna Fruhstorfer, 1912; Cirrochroa guimarensis Fruhstorfer, 1912; Cirrochroa rotundata Butler, 1879; Cirrochroa moeris Fruhstorfer, 1912; Cirrochroa tanaquil Fruhstorfer, 1912; Cirrochroa anjira Moore, 1877;

Cirrochroa tyche, the common yeoman, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.^[1]^[2]

The wings of the common yeoman are tawny orange with black distal margin on the upperside. There are black post-discal spots on the hindwing. Both wings have a silvery white transverse band.

Subspecies

C. t. tyche (central and southern Philippines)
C. t. anjira Moore, 1877 (Andamans)
C. t. aurica Eliot, 1978 (Pulau Aur, Pulau Tioman, Pulau Permanggil)
C. t. laudabilis Fruhstorfer, 1900 (Palawan, Dumaran)
C. t. lesseta Fruhstorfer, 1912 (southern China, Hainan and possibly Hong Kong)
C. t. mithila Moore, 1872 (Sikkim and Assam to Indochina and southern Yunnan)
C. t. rotundata Butler, 1879 (southern Burma and possibly Java and Sumatra)
C. t. thilina Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Borneo)

References

^ Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
^ "Cirrochroa Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[1] Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

[2] "Cirrochroa Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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