Cirrochroa tyche explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth

   . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 .

2. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/cirrochroa/ "Cirrochroa Doubleday, [1847]"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms