''Cirrochroa malaya'' is an

Indomalayan The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

species of heliconiine

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

described by

Cajetan Cajetan and Kajetan is the Anglicized, Germanized and Slavicized form of the Italian given name Gaetano. People with this name include: * Thomas Cajetan (1469–1534), Italian Dominican theologian, cardinal, and opponent of Martin Luther * Saint C ...

and

Rudolf Felder Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes ...

in 1860. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799–1107, pls. 138–175

Subspecies

*''Cirrochroa malaya malaya'' (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra) *''Cirrochroa malaya calypso'' Wallace, 1869 (Borneo) *''Cirrochroa malaya natuna'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Natuna Island)

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* * Butterflies described in 1860 Butterflies of Malaysia Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder Vagrantini Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies of Indonesia {{Heliconiinae-stub