Back Cirrochroa thais CEB Cirrochroa thais German دهقان تامیل (پروانه) Persian Cirrochroa thais Latin മരോട്ടിശലഭം Malayalam Cirrochroa thais Dutch Cirrochroa thais Swedish தமிழ் மறவன் பட்டாம்பூச்சி Tamil Cirrochroa thais Vietnamese
| Tamil yeoman | |
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| Upperside | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Cirrochroa |
| Species: | C. thais
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirrochroa thais (Fabricius, 1787)
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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]
- ^ a b R.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. 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
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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.
- ^ 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.
