About Cirrochroa orissa Felder, 1860
Cirrochroa orissa, commonly known as the banded yeoman, is an Indomalayan heliconiine butterfly species first described by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1860. On its hindwings, yellow sexual strigae run along the subcostal nervules. These strigae also accompany the submedian and lower median nervules in the basal half of the wing, and are quite conspicuous against the red-brown ground colour. On the forewing, 2 or 3 radial stripes extend into the black-coloured apical portion. The under surface of the wings is predominantly yellow, with the distal half of the hindwings coloured reddish-brown. The forewings are crossed by a broad cream-coloured diagonal band. The hindwings are similar to those of Cirrochroa satellita, but have a more sharply defined longitudinal band with an intense mother-of-pearl lustre.
