Common Yeoman Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Cirrochroa tyche
Family : Nymphalidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Hill,plain land
Description : The Common Yeoman is a yellow-orange butterfly. On the upperside, the colour transitions from darker in the centre to brighter closer to the edges. A black zigzag line and black margin appear on the forewing's edges. Around 4 black zigzag lines are present on the hindwing. The underside of the wings is paler, almost beige brown, and the markings appear faintly. The female is of a brighter yellow background, with straight lines (rather than zigzag) on the upperside of the hindwing. It lives in Open forests, roads, stream-beds.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Orsotriaena medus
(Nigger) -
Melanitis leda
(Common Evening Brown) -
Melanitis phedima
(Dark Evening Brown) -
Ypthima baldus
(Common Five ring) -
Elymnias hypermnestra
(Common Palmfly) -
Mycalesis mineus
(Dark-branded Bushbrown) -
Euthalia phemius
(White Edge Blue Baron) -
Vagrans sinha
(Vagrant) -
Mycalesis lepcha
(Lepcha Bushbrown) -
Junonia atlites
(Grey Pansy)
References:
description written by:Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, indiabiodiversity.org;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.
description written by:Shahtaj Islam Sakaal,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, indiabiodiversity.org;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.