Swordgrass Brown

Tisiphone abeona · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Nymphalidae

Also called: Varied Sword-grass Brown

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Swordgrass Brown
Photo: Andrew Allen, CC BY

The adult has brown wings with a wingspan of about 60 mm. It is found only in Australia. Its larvae feed on plants of the genus Gahnia.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The adult’s wings are brown.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

The wingspan of the adult is about 60 mm.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is endemic to Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

The caterpillars feed on Gahnia species.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It occurs only in Australia.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Swordgrass Brown photo 2
Photo: Pierre Tellier, CC BY

Same family (Nymphalidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisiphone_abeona

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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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