Cirrochroa emalea, the Malay yeoman, is an Indomalayan species of heliconiine butterfly described by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1843."Cirrochroa Doubleday, " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life FormsSeitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175 Very similar to Cirrochroa tyche but more rusty orange, a distinct constricted silvery band on the underside hindwing with a larger spot, and broader black markings, while tyche is tawny orange with a narrower, more uniform silvery band and smaller hindwing spots. Identication requires close examination of subjective? detail. Subspecies Several possible subspecies have been proposed, including: Cirrochroa emalea bajadeta Moore, Indonesia (Java) Cirrochroa emalea emalea (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) Thailand, Malaysia (Peninsular) Cirrochroa emalea lapaona Kheil, 1884 Indonesia (Nias) Cirrochroa emalea martini Fruhstorfer, 1906 Indonesia (Sumatra) [?]Cirrochroa emalea mirandai (Corbet, 1942) Cirrochroa emalea ravana Moore, Indonesia (Borneo)
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