Tisiphone helena Olliff, 1888 is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Tisiphone helena Olliff, 1888
Tisiphone helena is an endemic nymphalid butterfly of tropical northern Queensland, with 60 mm wingspan, larvae feeding on Gahnia species.
Tisiphone helena (Olliff, 1888), commonly known as the Helena brown or northern sword-grass brown, is a species of nymphalid butterfly. This species is endemic to tropical northern Queensland. Adults have a wingspan of approximately 60 millimetres. The larvae of Tisiphone helena feed on plants from the Gahnia genus, including Gahnia sieberiana.
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