Tisiphone abeona Donovan, 1805 is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Tisiphone abeona Donovan, 1805

Tisiphone abeona Donovan, 1805

Tisiphone abeona (swordgrass brown) is a brown-winged endemic Australian nymphalid butterfly, with larvae feeding on Gahnia.

Family
Genus
Tisiphone
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Tisiphone abeona Donovan, 1805

Tisiphone abeona, commonly called the swordgrass brown, is a species of nymphalid butterfly. It is endemic to Australia. Adult individuals of this species have brown wings, and their total wingspan measures approximately 60 mm. The larvae of Tisiphone abeona feed on plant species from the Gahnia genus.

Photo: (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Tisiphone

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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