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Meandrusa payeni

Yellow gorgon
M. p. evan individual in Sikkim
Meandrusa payeni brunei (Fruhstorfer, 1894)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Meandrusa
Species:
M. payeni
Binomial name
Meandrusa payeni
(Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Papilio payeni Boisduval, 1836
  • Papilio evan Doubleday, 1845
  • Papilio evan evanides Fruhstorfer, 1902
  • Papilio evan evanides Fruhstorfer, 1903
  • Papilio brunei Fruhstorfer, 1894
  • Papilio payeni langsonensis Fruhstorfer, 1901
  • Papilio payeni ciminius Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Papilio amphis Jordan, 1909
  • Papilio payeni hegylus Jordan, 1909

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 the sickle.


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