''Cirrochroa'', commonly called yeomen, is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
Heliconiinae
The Heliconiinae, commonly called heliconians or longwings, are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They can be divided into 45–50 genera and were sometimes treated as a separate family Heliconiidae within the ...
in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a re ...
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
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Cirrochroa malaya
''Cirrochroa malaya'' is an Indomalayan species of heliconiine butterfly described by Cajetan 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 i ...
'' C. & R. Felder, 1860
* ''
Cirrochroa menones
''Cirrochroa menones'' is a heliconiine butterfly endemic to island of Mindanao in the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, ...
'' Semper, 1888
* ''
Cirrochroa niassica
''Cirrochroa'', commonly called yeomen, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found in southeast Asia. The genus ranges from India to New Guinea.
Species
In alphabetical order:"''Cirrochroa'' Doubleda ...
'' Honrath, 1892
* ''
Cirrochroa nicobarica
''Cirrochroa'', commonly called yeomen, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found in southeast Asia. The genus ranges from India to New Guinea.
Species
In alphabetical order:"''Cirrochroa'' Doubleda ...
'' Wood-Mason, 1881
* ''
Cirrochroa orissa
''Cirrochroa orissa'', the banded yeoman, is an Indomalayan species of heliconiine butterfly described by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder
Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He ...
'' C. & R. Felder, 1860 – banded yeoman
* ''
Cirrochroa recondita
''Cirrochroa'', commonly called yeomen, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found in southeast Asia. The genus ranges from India to New Guinea.
Species
In alphabetical order:"''Cirrochroa'' Doubleda ...
'' Roos, 1996
* ''
Cirrochroa regina
''Cirrochroa'', commonly called yeomen, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found in southeast Asia. The genus ranges from India to New Guinea.
Species
In alphabetical order:"''Cirrochroa'' Doubleda ...
'' C. & R. Felder, 1867
* ''
Cirrochroa satellita
''Cirrochroa satellita'' is an Indomalayan species of heliconiine butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often br ...
'' Butler, 1869
* ''
Cirrochroa semiramis
''Cirrochroa'', commonly called yeomen, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae found in southeast Asia. The genus ranges from India to New Guinea.
Species
In alphabetical order:"''Cirrochroa'' Doubleda ...
'' C. & R. Felder, 1867
* ''
Cirrochroa surya
''Cirrochroa surya'' is an Indomalayan species of heliconiine butterfly described by Frederic Moore
Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica ...
'' 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
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in ...
'' (Fabricius, 1787) – Tamil yeoman
* ''
Cirrochroa tyche
''Cirrochroa tyche'', the common yeoman, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern ...
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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