The butterfly Tisiphone abeona rawnsleyi                       Sunshine Coast Swordgrass Brown

These beautiful brown butterflies are found only on the Sunshine Coast, between Fraser Island and Caloundra.

They are classified a significant fauna species of the Sunshine Coast.  Biodiversity Strategy 2010-2020.

Their Gubbi Gubbi name is be’lumbi rai, pronounced B’lmrai.

B’lmrai depends on the elegant cane like native grass, Tall Saw-sedge Gahnia clarkei.

Wildlife conservation.

Please keep an eye out for B’lmrai and be aware of tall saw-sedge and its habitat when gardening and developing land, so we can keep our own butterfly.

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