Psychonotis caelius

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Psychonotis caelius
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Fig. 3 male
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 caeliusC. & R. Felder, 1860
  • Psychonotis hymetus taygetusC. & R. Felder, 1865
  • Psychonotis hymetus taletumWaterhouse & Lyell, 1914
  • Psychonotis hymetus salamandriMacleay, 1866
  • Thysonotis hannoGrose-Smith, 1894
  • Thysonotis irregularisRibbe, 1899
  • Thysonotis moutoniRibbe, 1899
  • Thysonotis korionDruce & Bethune-Baker, 1893
  • Thysonotis hymetus manusiRothschild, 1915
  • Danis caelius mayaeD'Abrera, 1971
  • Thysonotis plateniGrose-Smith & Kirby, [1896]
  • Thysonotis plotinusGrose-Smith & Kirby, [1896]
  • Thysonotis ekeikeiBethune-Baker, 1908
  • Thysonotis aetiusFruhstorfer, 1915
  • Thysonotis coelinusGrose-Smith, 1898

Psychonotis caelius, the small green banded blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in New Guinea and adjacent islands and along the eastern coast of Australia.

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References

  1. "Psychonotis Toxopeus, 1930" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms