''Cirrochroa'', commonly called yeomen, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily

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 P ...

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 red ...

found in

southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ...

. The genus ranges from

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

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Species

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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 ''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'' Honrath, 1892 * ''

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'' Wood-Mason, 1881 * '' Cirrochroa orissa'' C. & R. Felder, 1860 – banded yeoman * '' Cirrochroa recondita'' Roos, 1996 * ''

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'' 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 ...

'' Butler, 1869 * ''

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'' C. & R. Felder, 1867 * ''

Cirrochroa surya ''Cirrochroa surya'' 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 bri ...

'' 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 i ...

'' (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 ...

'' C. & R. Felder, 1861 – common yeoman * ''

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'' C. & R. Felder, 1860

References

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Vagrantini Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Edward Doubleday {{Heliconiinae-stub