Cirrochroa emalea, the Malay yeoman, is an Indomalayan species of heliconiine butterfly described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1843.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Malay Yeoman being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cirrochroa malaya
- Cirrochroa thais
- Cirrochroa tyche
- Cirrochroa orissa
- Cirrochroa satellita
- Cirrochroa aoris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Cirrochroa
- Species
- Cirrochroa emalea
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