Meandrusa payeni (Boisduval, [1836])

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Leptocircini → genus Meandrusa → species Meandrusa payeni
Species name(s)
Meandrusa payeni (Boisduval, [1836]) = Dabasa payeni = Papilio payeni Boisduval, 1836 = Papilio evan Doubleday, 1845 = Papilio brunei Fruhstorfer, 1894 = Papilio payeni langsonensis Fruhstorfer, 1901 = Papilio evan evanides Fruhstorfer, 1902 = Papilio payeni ciminius Fruhstorfer, 1909.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Indo-Malayan.

Detailed information with references
Synonyms and combinations
- Dabasa payeni. [0]. Dmitriy Pozhogin.
Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 75-95 mm. FW apex is sickle-shaped like, HW with a long shoe-shaped tail at vien 4, UP brown to dark brown, brownish-yellow at basal two-thirds of both wings. Subsp. ciminius has a darker border at FW apex than in langsonensis. [144]. Svetlana Shchavelina.
Larva food plants
- Litsea cubeba [144]. Svetlana Shchavelina.
Subspecies Meandrusa payeni
- M. p. brunei Fruhstorfer, 1894.
- M. p. ciminius (Fruhstorfer, 1909).
- M. p. evan (Doubleday, 1845).
- M. p. hegylus (Jordan, 1909).
- M. p. langsonensis (Fruhstorfer, 1901).
- M. p. payeni (Boisduval, [1836]).
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Alex Dumchus. Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin, Svetlana Shchavelina.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [85] Lepidoptera.ru (Insecta.pro previous version / cтарая версия Insecta.pro)
- [144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
- Dmitriy Pozhogin, personal communication
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