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. [9, 85, 187, PC]

The Yellow Gorgon.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Indo-Malayan.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Dabasa payeni. [PC81].

Imago 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].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Litsea cubeba [144].

Subspecies of Meandrusa payeni

Meandrusa payeni brunei Fruhstorfer, 1894. [85]
M. p. ciminius (Fruhstorfer, 1909). [85]
M. p. evan (Doubleday, 1845). [85]
M. p. hegylus (Jordan, 1909). [85]
M. p. langsonensis (Fruhstorfer, 1901). [85]
M. p. payeni (Boisduval, [1836]). [85]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alex Dumchus.

Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin, Svetlana Shchavelina.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC81] Dmitriy Pozhogin