Small Green Banded Blue - Psychonotis caelius
FAMILY LYCAENIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Small Green Banded Blue Butterflies in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Wingspan 25mm
- The top side of the butterfly is bright blue in colour. The underside of its wings is metallic greenish-blue in colour, shiny bright under the sun light. The Small Green-banded Blue caterpillar is pale white in colour and feed on Pink Ash and Red Ash Alphitonia sp..
- We found quite a number of Small Green-banded Blue Butterflies near Alexandra Hill along the creek in late summer.
- Green-banded Blue butterflies are common in Brisbane. On a sunny day, it is easy to find one or two of them flying near their host plants, the Pink Ash and Red Ash Alphitonia sp..
- Red Ash
- Alphitonia excelsa, Rhamnaceae
- Reference and Link:
- 1. Psychonotis caelius - Australian Caterpillars, Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2005.
- 2. Create
More Butterflies - by Frank Jordan and Helen Schwencke,
Earthling Enterprises, 2005, p41.
- 3. Wild Plants of Greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum, 2003, p126.
- 3. Wild Plants of Greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum, 2003, p126.
