Tamil yeoman
The Tamil yeoman is a bright reddish yellow butterfly with black wing tips. Thin wavy black lines and small black spots decorate its wings. It is the state butterfly of Tamil Nadu in India.
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Fun facts
It was chosen as the state butterfly of Tamil Nadu in 2019, partly to help protect the Western Ghats mountains where it lives.
The females look like the males but are a little paler.
In the dry season both males and females are paler, with fainter markings.
Underneath, its wings are paler, with a white or violet-grey band running across them.
There are two slightly different kinds: one in South India and one in Sri Lanka.
Most asked questions about Tamil yeoman
?How big is the Tamil yeoman?
Its wings measure about 6 to 7.5 centimetres from tip to tip.
?Why is the Tamil yeoman special?
It is the state butterfly of Tamil Nadu in India, chosen in 2019.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cirrochroa thais
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1787
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Cirrochroa thais (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Vivekpuliyeri. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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