Psychonotis caelius

Psychonotis caelius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Psychonotis
Species: P. caelius
Binomial name
Psychonotis caelius
(C. & R. Felder, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena caelius C. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Psychonotis hymetus taygetus C. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Psychonotis hymetus taletum Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
  • Psychonotis hymetus salamandri Macleay, 1866
  • Thysonotis hanno Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Thysonotis irregularis Ribbe, 1899
  • Thysonotis moutoni Ribbe, 1899
  • Thysonotis korion Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893
  • Thysonotis hymetus manusi Rothschild, 1915
  • Danis caelius mayae D'Abrera, 1971
  • Thysonotis plateni Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1896]
  • Thysonotis plotinus Grose-Smith & Kirby, [1896]
  • Thysonotis ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Thysonotis aetius Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Thysonotis coelinus Grose-Smith, 1898

The Small Green Banded Blue (Psychonotis caelius) is a species of butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in New Guinea and adjacent islands and along the eastern coast of Australia.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adult males are blue with a large white patch on the hindwings. Females are black with a large white patch on the wings.

The larvae feed on Alphitonia excelsa and Alphitonia petriei. It lives on the underside of a leaf of the host plant. They are pale green and hairy. Pupation takes place in a cream coloured pupa with brown markings, which is attached to the underside of a leaf.[2]

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