Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Tisiphone abeona (Donovan, 1805)

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Species Tisiphone abeona (Donovan, 1805)

Swordgrass Brown, Varied Sword-grass Brown

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • South Australia: SE coastal
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Gahnia grandis (Labill.) S.T.Blake [CYPERACEAE] Brickmakers Sedge; Gahnia aspera (R.Br.) Spreng. [CYPERACEAE] Red-berried Saw-sedge; Gahnia clarkei Benl [CYPERACEAE] Tall Sawsedge; Gahnia radula (R.Br.) Benth. [CYPERACEAE] Thatch Saw-sedge; Gahnia erythrocarpa R.Br. [CYPERACEAE]; Gahnia melanocarpa R.Br. [CYPERACEAE]; Gahnia microstachya Benth. [CYPERACEAE]; Gahnia sieberiana Kunth [CYPERACEAE]; Gahnia subaequiglumis S.T.Blake [CYPERACEAE]).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023 PAPILIONOIDEA 22-Dec-2023 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
05-Apr-2011 MOVED