Tisiphone helena

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
	Epinephile helena Olliff, 1888;

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

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