Cirrochroa thais

Tamil yeoman
Upperside
Underside
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Cirrochroa
Species:
C. thais
Binomial name
Cirrochroa thais
(Fabricius, 1787)

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 insect of Tamil Nadu, an Indian state.

In Kerala, it is also called 'marotti shalabham' or marotti butterfly due to the fact that it lays its egg on the marotti trees(also called Hydnocarpus pentandrus)

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