| Meandrusa | |
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| Meandrusa payeni ulster | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Tribe: | Leptocircini |
| Genus: | Meandrusa Moore, 1888 [1] |
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Meandrusa is a genus of butterflies within the subfamily Papilioninae of the family Papilionidae (swallowtails).
In Greek mythology, Stheno was the eldest of the Gorgons, vicious female monsters with brass hands, sharp fangs and "hair" made of living venomous snakes.
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