''Cirrochroa tyche'', the common yeoman, is a species of

nymphalid 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 redu ...

butterfly found in forested areas of tropical

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and

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."''Cirrochroa'' Doubleday, [1847]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' 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)

References

Vagrantini Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Indochina Butterflies of Borneo Butterflies described in 1861 Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Heliconiinae-stub