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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