Tisiphone helena
Appearance
Tisiphone helena | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Tisiphone |
Species: | T. helena
|
Binomial name | |
Tisiphone helena (Olliff, 1888)
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Tisiphone helena, the Helena brown or northern sword-grass brown, is a nymphalid butterfly. It is endemic to tropical northern Queensland.
The wingspan is about 60 mm.
The larvae feed on Gahnia species, including Gahnia sieberiana.
External links
- Australian Caterpillars
- "Tisiphone Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms