315:
curve upwards posteriorly on the hindwing and end in a diffuse transverse bluish-white mark across interspace 1. Underside, forewing: basal third and a large spot on the discocellulars, that is widened anteriorly, rich dark cinnamon-brown; medial third lilacine, pale towards the dorsum, widened anteriorly and extended into the apex of the cell, and on the costa from the discocellulars to near the apex of the wing; interspaces 2, 3 and 4 with paler lilacine (lilac-coloured) lunules; terminal third of the wing dull brown, with a postdiscal and a subterminal transverse series of somewhat obscure olivaceous-yellow lunules. Hindwing: basal third rich dark cinnamon brown in continuation of that colour on the forewing; remainder of the wing lilacine, with a large posterior discal patch of cinnamon brown, margined inwardly by a diffuse broad irregular white band, and outwardly by a series of white lunules; a subterminal somewhat obscure row of olivaceous-yellow markings; the tail and terminal margin dark cinnamon brown. Antennae dark brown, head, thorax and abdomen brown with an olivaceous tinge; beneath: similar, the abdomen more brightly olivaceous yellow.
324:
yellowish-white costal spot in upper third of cell, a larger spot beyond that turns to yellow at base of interspace 6, an anterior postdiscal transverse series of yellow more or less lunular spots, and a subterminal similar series of spots. Hindwing: the lilacine white colour of the discal band spreads to the base of the wing, but is thickly irrorated (sprinkled) with brownish scales, as is also the outer margin posteriorly of the same band; the rest of the wing dark brown, with the margins of the tornus and of the tail broadly bright cinnamon brown; lastly, superposed on the brown area is a sub-terminal series of large, yellow, well-defined more or less lunular spots. Underside similar to that of the male, the ground colour and markings on the outer two-thirds of both forewing and hindwing paler. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the male.
63:
302:
45:
31:
433:
314:
Upperside opaque brown, the basal area and the terminal third of both forewings and hindwings of a darker shade than the broad medial area, due to the dark markings of the underside that show through by transparency; forewings and hindwings with a subterminal series of largish yellow lunules that
323:
Upperside: ground colour similar to that in the male; marking differ as follows: a very broad discal transverse lilacine white band across both forewings and hindwings that extends from vein 5 and from within the apex of cell of forewing to the dorsal margin of the hindwing. Forewing: a
460:
633:
607:
679:
689:
468:
496:
325:
684:
488:
430:
Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen
Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
295:
568:
478:
638:
62:
280:
and is not considered to be threatened. Though not uncommon, it is protected under Indian law under the name
511:
408:
573:
674:
247:
157:
124:
549:
594:
418:
454:
183:
57:
646:
581:
492:
464:
651:
174:
255:
668:
437:
412:
586:
265:
301:
482:
620:
543:
114:
534:
251:
260:
134:
94:
74:
44:
30:
560:
528:
612:
456:
Threatened
Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book
625:
269:
104:
84:
505:
300:
277:
273:
436:
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
599:
509:
328:
in Seitz (page 91) provides a description differentiating
414:
The Fauna of
British India, Including Ceylon and Burma
518:
258:. It belongs to the hooked swallowtails genus,
453:Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985).
8:
332:from nearby taxa and discussing some forms.
305:Male upperside, female upperside, underside
506:
473:– via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
268:. The brown gorgon is found in India from
43:
29:
20:
403:
401:
417:. Vol. II (1st ed.). London:
397:
7:
368:Monastyrskii & Devyatkin, 2003
14:
294:For a key to the terms used, see
484:Butterflies of the Indian Region
431:
61:
680:Taxa named by John Henry Leech
489:Bombay Natural History Society
1:
690:Butterflies described in 1890
479:Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander
296:Glossary of entomology terms
379:(India:Senchal, Darjeeling)
706:
383:Meandrusa sciron nagamasai
293:
459:. Gland & Cambridge:
347:Meandrusa sciron abaensis
189:
182:
163:
156:
58:Scientific classification
56:
51:
42:
37:
28:
23:
685:Butterflies of Indochina
419:Taylor and Francis, Ltd.
361:(western China, Myanmar)
356:Meandrusa sciron aribbas
365:Meandrusa sciron dalata
342:Meandrusa sciron sciron
306:
304:
248:swallowtail butterfly
209:Papilio gyas aribbas
16:Species of butterfly
359:(Fruhstorfer, 1909)
377:Fruhstorfer, 1902
374:Meandrusa lachinus
307:
250:found in parts of
246:, is a species of
662:
661:
647:Open Tree of Life
512:Taxon identifiers
487:. Bombay, India:
470:978-2-88032-603-6
387:
378:
369:
360:
351:
235:
234:
229:
221:
213:
212:Fruhstorfer, 1909
205:
204:Fruhstorfer, 1902
197:
697:
655:
654:
642:
641:
629:
628:
616:
615:
603:
602:
590:
589:
577:
576:
564:
563:
554:
553:
552:
550:Meandrusa sciron
539:
538:
537:
520:Meandrusa sciron
507:
502:
474:
447:Other references
441:
435:
434:
428:
422:
421:
405:
393:Cited references
385:
376:
367:
358:
352:(China: Sichuan)
349:
264:, of the family
239:Meandrusa sciron
227:
219:
217:Papilio hercules
211:
203:
201:Papilio lachinus
195:
169:
167:Meandrusa sciron
66:
65:
47:
33:
21:
705:
704:
700:
699:
698:
696:
695:
694:
665:
664:
663:
658:
650:
645:
637:
632:
624:
619:
611:
606:
598:
593:
585:
580:
572:
567:
559:
557:
548:
547:
542:
533:
532:
527:
514:
499:
477:
471:
452:
449:
444:
432:
429:
425:
407:
406:
399:
395:
338:
321:
312:
299:
292:
220:Blanchard, 1871
178:
171:
165:
152:
60:
17:
12:
11:
5:
703:
701:
693:
692:
687:
682:
677:
667:
666:
660:
659:
657:
656:
643:
630:
617:
604:
591:
578:
565:
555:
540:
524:
522:
516:
515:
510:
504:
503:
498:978-8170192329
497:
475:
469:
448:
445:
443:
442:
423:
396:
394:
391:
390:
389:
380:
371:
362:
353:
350:Sugiyama, 1994
344:
337:
334:
320:
317:
311:
308:
291:
288:
256:Southeast Asia
233:
232:
231:
230:
228:Strecker, 1900
222:
214:
206:
198:
193:Papilio sciron
187:
186:
180:
179:
172:
161:
160:
154:
153:
149:M. sciron
146:
144:
140:
139:
132:
128:
127:
122:
118:
117:
112:
108:
107:
102:
98:
97:
92:
88:
87:
82:
78:
77:
72:
68:
67:
54:
53:
49:
48:
40:
39:
35:
34:
26:
25:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
702:
691:
688:
686:
683:
681:
678:
676:
673:
672:
670:
653:
648:
644:
640:
635:
631:
627:
622:
618:
614:
609:
605:
601:
596:
592:
588:
583:
579:
575:
570:
566:
562:
556:
551:
545:
541:
536:
530:
526:
525:
523:
521:
517:
513:
508:
500:
494:
490:
486:
485:
480:
476:
472:
466:
462:
458:
457:
451:
450:
446:
439:
438:public domain
427:
424:
420:
416:
415:
410:
409:Bingham, C.T.
404:
402:
398:
392:
384:
381:
375:
372:
366:
363:
357:
354:
348:
345:
343:
340:
339:
335:
333:
331:
327:
318:
316:
309:
303:
297:
289:
287:
285:
284:
279:
275:
271:
267:
263:
262:
257:
253:
249:
245:
241:
240:
226:
225:Papilio porus
223:
218:
215:
210:
207:
202:
199:
194:
191:
190:
188:
185:
181:
176:
170:
168:
162:
159:
158:Binomial name
155:
151:
150:
145:
142:
141:
138:
137:
133:
130:
129:
126:
123:
120:
119:
116:
113:
110:
109:
106:
103:
100:
99:
96:
93:
90:
89:
86:
83:
80:
79:
76:
73:
70:
69:
64:
59:
55:
50:
46:
41:
36:
32:
27:
24:Brown gorgon
22:
19:
675:Papilionidae
519:
483:
455:
426:
413:
382:
373:
364:
355:
346:
341:
329:
322:
313:
282:
281:
266:Papilionidae
259:
244:brown gorgon
243:
238:
237:
236:
224:
216:
208:
200:
192:
166:
164:
148:
147:
135:
125:Papilionidae
18:
621:iNaturalist
544:Wikispecies
386:Okano, 1986
326:Karl Jordan
290:Description
196:Leech, 1890
115:Lepidoptera
669:Categories
388:(Thailand)
336:Subspecies
276:and north
252:South Asia
95:Arthropoda
370:(Vietnam)
261:Meandrusa
143:Species:
136:Meandrusa
81:Kingdom:
75:Eukaryota
558:BioLib:
535:Q6803685
529:Wikidata
481:(1957).
411:(1907).
184:Synonyms
121:Family:
91:Phylum:
85:Animalia
71:Domain:
613:1939320
561:1081400
177:, 1890)
131:Genus:
111:Order:
105:Insecta
101:Class:
52:Female
652:672578
639:763937
626:794366
600:131277
574:523706
495:
467:
319:Female
270:Sikkim
242:, the
587:3YJLV
278:Burma
274:Assam
175:Leech
38:Male
634:NCBI
608:GBIF
569:BOLD
493:ISBN
465:ISBN
461:IUCN
330:gyas
310:Male
283:gyas
254:and
595:EoL
582:CoL
272:to
671::
649::
636::
623::
610::
597::
584::
571::
546::
531::
491:.
463:.
400:^
286:.
501:.
440:.
298:.
173:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.