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Tisiphone abeona albifascia
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.
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.?)
Found mostly in southern Victoria.
family: NYMPHALIDAE
subfamily: SATYRINAE
tribe: Satyrini
subtribe: Coenonymphina
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Tisiphone+...
Spotted on Oct 23, 2014
Submitted on Oct 23, 2014
4 Comments
Thanks Martin, Daniel and Charlie. I think I haven't done justice to the way these fly. Maybe a video next time.
A beauty!
That a beauty !
That is a nice fresh one.
Wicks Reserve is known (among other things) for this uncommon species