The Common Yeoman, Cirrochoa tyche rotunda (Butler)

Despite its name, this species of Cirrochoa seemed less common than its cousin the Malay Yeoman, C. malaya. They frequent the same localities and around the same active months of the year. From a distance, thay appear lika a larger version of the Small Leopard or a less marked Malay Yeoman.

Habitat indicator

RSP	WV	PG	VF	FTR	SC	LWDF	LWPF	LMEF	UMN	MN
x				x	x	x	x	x	x

Frequency observation chart: (S marks the usual occurences, H marks an unusually high occurence, F for first record)

2013
Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
		S3

2013		2014
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct
		S3			S1-3	H	S1-3				S2

2014

2015

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mac

Apr

May

June

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

S1

S6

2016
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
					S1S2	S2					S3(H)

2017
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
S3S20			S1S3

2018
Jan	Feb	Mac	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Above 3 photos from 25 May 2013 @ 14:45

Different locality, 24 May 2013 @ 12:28

05 Jan 2014 @10:24

05 Jan 2014 @ 14:09

23 March 2014 @ 14:13

From the edge of a wasteland bordering a secondary growth: 03 Jan 2015 @ 14:12

A male puddling on damp sand on a mid-elevation road shoulder: 12 Dec 2016 @ 12:32

11:46

 11:47

11:47
Above pictures 15 April 2017

 11:33

 11:33

11:35
Above pictures 16 April 2017


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Females visit flowers at the edge of the forest and has a darker undersides and heavier markings on the uppersides.

Above pictures 27 Dec 2016 @ 13:03

Consult a voucher specimen from Site 1: http://nlliew66butterflies2.blogspot.my/2015/09/cirrochroa-tyche-rotundata.html