Tisiphone helena
For the politician from Houston, Texas, see Helena Brown (politician).
Tisiphone helena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Tisiphone |
Species: | T. helena |
Binomial name | |
Tisiphone helena (Olliff, 1888) | |
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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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