Cirrochroa tyche

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

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

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)