''Meandrusa'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
within the subfamily
Papilioninae
Papilioninae is a subfamily of the butterfly Family (biology), family Papilionidae. Papilioninae are Swallowtail butterfly, swallowtail butterflies and are found worldwide, but most species are distributed in the Tropics, tropics and warmer regio ...
of the family
Papilionidae
Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful Butterfly, 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 includ ...
(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''
(Boisduval, 1836) – yellow gorgon
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Meandrusa sciron''
(Leech, 1890) – Eastern brown gorgon
References
Papilionidae
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
Taxa described in 1888
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