Wet-season form: Male. Upperside rich bright fulvous, somewhat deepest basally. Forewing with a slender dusky-lined discocellular streak, a transverse discal more or less prominent black sinuous interrupted line, its anterior portions from upper median dilated and bent inward; two submarginal sinuous lines, the inner dilating broadly inward to the costa, the outer partly merged into the black of outer border. Hindwing crossed by a more or less prominent black inner-discal slender broken line, anteriorly bordered by an outer costal quadrate white patch, followed by a medialrow of black spots, two submarginal sinuous Hues and a marginal even line. Underside. Ground-colour of various shades of reddish-ochreous washed with pale violaceous-grey ; subbasal line dusky brown; transverse discal band white or violaceous-grey, dilated anteriorly, its inner-edge brown-lined and more or less deeply sinuous or broken up into dentate portions, its outer-edge being straight and unlined; followed by an outer-discal series of very obscure dusky dentate marks on the forewing, and a row of small black spots on hindwing, and submarginal lunular lines of the ground-colour bordered by violaceous-grey.
Female. Forewing more falcate at the apex. Upperside paler than in male, darker basally ; markings similar. Underside olivescent greyish-ochreous or pale brownish-ochreous, washed with violaceous-grey; markings similar to male; the discal baud generally prominently edged on both sides by a dark purple-grey line; the discal row of black spots on hindwing very small.
Dry-season form: Male. Upperside slightly paler than in wet-season form ; all the markings comparatively less prominent. Underside paler and a duller reddish-ochreous, the subbasal and outer markings obscure, the discal band on both wings entire throughout its course, and either of the same shade as the ground-colour or white, its inner edge being very slightly sinuous, and not broken up into dentate portions as in wet-season form.
Female. Upperside also slightly paler than in wet-season form, and the markings less prominent. Underside paler greyish-ochreous than in wet-season form; subbasal and outer markings similar; the discal baud entire, as in male, white.
^ abR.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 206. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN978-81-929826-4-9.
^"Cirrochroa thais - Tamil Yeoman - Butterflies of India".
^"Cirrochroa Doubleday, [1847]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ ab One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Bingham, Charles Thomas (1905). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 1. pp. 421–423.
^ ab One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Moore, Frederic (1899–1900). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IV. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 218–220.
^Kumar, K Sambath (30 June 2019). "Tamil yeoman declared Tamil Nadu's state butterfly". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^Shrikumar, A. (2019-07-25). "On how Tamil Yeoman became the State butterfly of Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
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cirrochroa, thais, also, known, tamil, yeoman, species, nymphalid, butterfly, found, forested, areas, tropical, lanka, india, state, insect, tamil, nadu, indian, state, tamil, yeoman, upperside, underside, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom. Cirrochroa thais also known as the Tamil yeoman 1 2 is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical Sri Lanka and India 1 3 4 5 It is the state insect of Tamil Nadu an Indian state 6 7 Tamil yeoman Upperside Underside Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Nymphalidae Genus Cirrochroa Species C thais Binomial name Cirrochroa thais Fabricius 1787 Description editFor a key to the terms used see Glossary of entomology terms Wet season form Male Upperside rich bright fulvous somewhat deepest basally Forewing with a slender dusky lined discocellular streak a transverse discal more or less prominent black sinuous interrupted line its anterior portions from upper median dilated and bent inward two submarginal sinuous lines the inner dilating broadly inward to the costa the outer partly merged into the black of outer border Hindwing crossed by a more or less prominent black inner discal slender broken line anteriorly bordered by an outer costal quadrate white patch followed by a medialrow of black spots two submarginal sinuous Hues and a marginal even line Underside Ground colour of various shades of reddish ochreous washed with pale violaceous grey subbasal line dusky brown transverse discal band white or violaceous grey dilated anteriorly its inner edge brown lined and more or less deeply sinuous or broken up into dentate portions its outer edge being straight and unlined followed by an outer discal series of very obscure dusky dentate marks on the forewing and a row of small black spots on hindwing and submarginal lunular lines of the ground colour bordered by violaceous grey Female Forewing more falcate at the apex Upperside paler than in male darker basally markings similar Underside olivescent greyish ochreous or pale brownish ochreous washed with violaceous grey markings similar to male the discal baud generally prominently edged on both sides by a dark purple grey line the discal row of black spots on hindwing very small Dry season form Male Upperside slightly paler than in wet season form all the markings comparatively less prominent Underside paler and a duller reddish ochreous the subbasal and outer markings obscure the discal band on both wings entire throughout its course and either of the same shade as the ground colour or white its inner edge being very slightly sinuous and not broken up into dentate portions as in wet season form Female Upperside also slightly paler than in wet season form and the markings less prominent Underside paler greyish ochreous than in wet season form subbasal and outer markings similar the discal baud entire as in male white Frederic Moore Lepidoptera Indica Vol IV 5 Wingspan 60 75 mm 4 Gallery edit nbsp Eggs nbsp Caterpillar nbsp Pupa nbsp Adult nbsp IllustrationReferences edit a b R K Varshney Smetacek Peter 2015 A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India New Delhi Butterfly Research Centre Bhimtal amp Indinov Publishing New Delhi p 206 doi 10 13140 RG 2 1 3966 2164 ISBN 978 81 929826 4 9 Cirrochroa thais Tamil Yeoman Butterflies of India Cirrochroa Doubleday 1847 at Markku Savela s Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms a b nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Bingham Charles Thomas 1905 Fauna of British India Butterflies Vol 1 pp 421 423 a b nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Moore Frederic 1899 1900 Lepidoptera Indica Vol IV Vol 4 London Lovell Reeve and Co pp 218 220 Kumar K Sambath 30 June 2019 Tamil yeoman declared Tamil Nadu s state butterfly The Times of India Retrieved 1 July 2019 Shrikumar A 2019 07 25 On how Tamil Yeoman became the State butterfly of Tamil Nadu The Hindu ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 2019 08 02 nbsp This Heliconiinae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cirrochroa thais amp oldid 1141888748, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
