''Cirrochroa'', commonly called yeomen, is a genus of
butterflies
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Heliconiinae
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in the family
Nymphalidae
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found in
southeast Asia
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. The genus ranges from
India
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to
New Guinea
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.
Species
In alphabetical order:"''Cirrochroa'' Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
* ''Cirrochroa aoris">847]"">"''Cirrochroa'' Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
* ''Cirrochroa aoris'' Doubleday, 1847 – large yeoman
* ''Cirrochroa clagia'' (Godart, 1824)
* ''Cirrochroa emalea'' (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) – Malay yeoman
* ''Cirrochroa eremita'' Tsukada, 1985
* ''Cirrochroa imperatrix'' Grose-Smith, 1894
* '' Cirrochroa malaya'' C. & R. Felder, 1860
* '' Cirrochroa menones'' Semper, 1888
* '' Cirrochroa niassica'' Honrath, 1892
* '' Cirrochroa nicobarica'' Wood-Mason, 1881
* '' Cirrochroa orissa'' C. & R. Felder, 1860 – banded yeoman
* '' Cirrochroa recondita'' Roos, 1996
* '' Cirrochroa regina'' C. & R. Felder, 1867
* '' Cirrochroa satellita'' Butler, 1869
* '' Cirrochroa semiramis'' C. & R. Felder, 1867
* '' Cirrochroa surya'' Moore, 1879 – little yeoman
* ''
Cirrochroa thais
''Cirrochroa thais'', also known as the Tamil yeoman, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical Sri Lanka and India. It is the state butterfly of the Indian state of Tamilnadu
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'' (Fabricius, 1787) – Tamil yeoman
* '' Cirrochroa tyche'' C. & R. Felder, 1861 – common yeoman
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