Tisiphone helena

For the politician from Houston, Texas, see Helena Brown (politician).
Tisiphone helena
Scientific classification
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

The helena brown (Tisiphone helena) 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.

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