Cirrochroa tyche

Common Yeoman

Scientific classification
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

The Common Yeoman (Cirrochroa tyche) is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia.^[1]

Subspecies

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

References

↑ Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

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