Cirrochroa thais
Tamil yeoman | |
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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) | |
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.
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