Meandrusa gyas

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Meandrusa gyas
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Meandrusa
Species:
M. gyas
Binomial name
Meandrusa gyas
(Westwood, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Papilio gyasWestwood, 1841

Meandrusa gyas, the brown gorgon, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found from Sikkim to Assam and Upper Burma, [1] as well as in Thailand.

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