Tisiphone abeona

Tisiphone abeona


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Tisiphone
Species:	T. abeona
Binomial name
*Tisiphone abeona* (Donovan, 1805)
Synonyms
Papilio abeona Donovan, 1805 Oreas zelinde Hübner, [1808] Epinephele rawnsleyi Miskin, 1876 Tisiphone regalis Waterhouse, 1928 Enodia joanna Butler, 1866 Tisiphone aurelia Waterhouse, 1915 Tisiphone albifascia Waterhouse, 1904 Tisiphone antoni Tindale, 1947

The swordgrass brown (Tisiphone abeona) 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)
T. a. morrisi Waterhouse, 1914 (Queensland, from Southport to New South Wales)
T. a. rawnsleyi (Miskin, 1876) (Queensland, from Gympie to Caloundra)
T. a. regalis Waterhouse, 1928 (New South Wales, from the Dorrigo Plateau to the Barrington Tops)