Cirrochroa satellita is an Indomalayan species of heliconiine butterfly."Cirrochroa Doubleday, " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Under surface a lovely bright yellow growing darker towards the margin. Both wings are traversed by a broad white band which is bordered on either side with red, turning straw-coloured toward the costa in the forewings. The hindwings contain also a row of black spots, as is usual in Cirrochroa, but less complete. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
Subspecies C. s. satellita (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Philippines) C. s. illergata Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Borneo, Palawan)
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