Cirrochroa surya is an Indomalayan species of heliconiine butterfly described by Frederic Moore in 1879."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 It may be distinguished from C. tyche by its brighter orange ground colour, especially in males, with more defined silvery spots on the hindwing underside and broader dark margins.
Subspecies Cirrochroa surya surya (central to southern Burma, Mergui Archipelago) Cirrochroa surya siamensis Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Thailand to northern Peninsular Malaysia, possibly Indo-China)
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