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Tisiphone abeona

species of butterfly

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 23, 2024
Entity authorityQ2793572 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tisiphone abeona, the swordgrass brown, is a nymphalid butterfly. It is endemic to Australia.

The wings of the adult are brown and have a wingspan of about 60 mm.

The larvae feed on Gahnia species.

Subspecies

T. a. abeona (Donovan, 1805) (New South Wales, from the Hunter River south)

T. a. albifascia Waterhouse, 1904 (eastern Victoria)

T. a. antoni Tindale, 1947 (western Victoria to south-east Australia)

T. a. aurelia Waterhouse, 1915 (New South Wales, from Camden Haven to Port Stevens)

T. a. joanna (Butler, 1866) (New South Wales, Port Macquarie)

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