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Sword Grass Brown

Tisiphone abeona albifascia

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A large attractive butterfly which was cruising around in a lazy looping flight exploring the sword grass in a small nature reserve. Estimated size was about 60mm across. Rest with wings flat.

Habitat:

This local reserve adjoins a large national park and contains opne dry eucalyptus woodland, a small sedge edged lake and much sword grass (Gahnia sp.?)

Notes:

Found mostly in southern Victoria. <br>
family: NYMPHALIDAE <br>
subfamily: SATYRINAE <br>
tribe: Satyrini <br>
subtribe: Coenonymphina <br>
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Tisiphone+abeona+albifascia <br>

Reference Links:

Tisiphone abeona, Museum Victoria [ed-online] Bioinformatics - Victorian Butterfly Database

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Comments (4)
Mark Ridgway
Thanks Martin, Daniel and Charlie. I think I haven't done justice to the way these fly. Maybe a video next time.
MartinL
That is a nice fresh one. Wicks Reserve is known (among other things) for this uncommon species

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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Dandenong Ranges - fauna & flora
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PublishedOctober 23, 2014

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