Psychonotis caelius (Small Green-banded Blue)
26/03/2016
Kuranda, QLD
24/04/2011
Cairns
13/06/2022
Kuranda, QLD
15/04/2022
Brooklyn
08/04/2023
Ourimbah
15/04/2022
Brooklyn
26/04/2023
McLeod River, QLD
15/04/2022
Brooklyn
15/04/2022
Brooklyn
15/04/2022
Brooklyn
15/04/2022
Brooklyn
18/04/2010
Brooklyn
26/03/2016
Kuranda, QLD
26/03/2016
Kuranda, QLD
26/03/2016
Kuranda, QLD
25/03/2021
Ourimbah
01/05/2022
Royal Botanic Gardens
05/04/2008
Wyong
29/04/2021
Cairns
30/04/2021
Smithfield Regional Park, Cairns
30/04/2021
Smithfield Regional Park, Cairns
30/04/2021
Smithfield Regional Park, Cairns
29/04/2021
Cairns
18/04/2010
Brooklyn
18/04/2010
Brooklyn
18/04/2010
Brooklyn
18/04/2010
Brooklyn
29/04/2006
Cairns
05/04/2008
Wyong
27/04/2006
Cairns
27/01/2008
Brooklyn
29/04/2006
Cairns
29/04/2006
Cairns
02/04/2005
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
29/04/2006
Cairns
Synonyms
Danis hymetus
Other Common Names
White-banded Blue
Notes
I’d read that Sydney was just about the southern limit of this species’ range, but that it could be found in the Royal Botanic Gardens. I’d looked for it several times, without ever seeing it, until in early April 2005 I saw a female laying eggs on a small Red Ash tree. I was able to get a few photos, not as good shots as I would have liked because I stupidly had the camera on the wrong settings.
The next time I found this butterfly was in Cairns in April 2006, when I saw several of them. They were not abundant, but I bumped into them a number of times.
In January 2008 I found a large colony of them at Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River. There were dozens of them flying around Red Ash trees next to a car park, and several of them came down lower to pose for photos.
Sightings
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney – April 2005, May 2022
Cairns – April 2006
Brooklyn – January 2008, April 2010, April 2022
Chapmans Hill, Wyong – April 2008