Meandrusa sciron

Brown gorgon
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Meandrusa
Species:
M. sciron
Binomial name
Meandrusa sciron
(Leech, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Papilio sciron Leech, 1890
  • Papilio lachinus Fruhstorfer, 1902
  • Papilio gyas aribbas Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Papilio hercules Blanchard, 1871
  • Papilio porus Strecker, 1900

Meandrusa sciron, the brown gorgon, is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It belongs to the hooked swallowtails genus, Meandrusa, of the family Papilionidae. The brown gorgon is found in India from Sikkim to Assam and north Burma and is not considered to be threatened. Though not uncommon, it is protected under Indian law under the name gyas.