''Meandrusa'' is a genus of
butterflies within the subfamily
Papilioninae
Papilioninae is a subfamily of the butterfly family Papilionidae. Papilioninae are found worldwide, but most species are distributed in the tropics. There are roughly 480 species, of which 27 occur in North America.
Tribes
This subfamily consis ...
of the family
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the larg ...
(swallowtails).
Species
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Meandrusa gyas''
(Westwood, 1841) – brown gorgon
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Meandrusa lachinus''
(Fruhstorfer, 1902)
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Meandrusa payeni
''Meandrusa payeni'', the yellow gorgon, is a species of swallowtail found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It belongs to the hooked swallowtails genus, '' Meandrusa'', of the family Papilionidae. It is also called the outlet sword or ...
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(Boisduval, 1836) – yellow gorgon
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Meandrusa sciron''
(Leech, 1890) – Eastern brown gorgon
References
Papilionidae
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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