Tisiphone abeona
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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.
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
butterfly. It is endemic to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
The wings of the adult are brown and have a wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
of about 60 mm.
The larvae feed on Gahnia
Gahnia
Gahnia is a genus of sedges found in Australia and a number of Pacific Islands. The common name is due to the toothed margins...
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)