''Psychonotis caelius'', the small green banded blue, is a species of

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of the family

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. It is found in

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and adjacent islands and along the eastern coast of

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Subspecies

*''P. c. caelius'' (Aru, Australia) *''P. c. hanno'' (Grose-Smith, 1894) (New Britain) *''P. c. korion'' (H. H. Druce and Bethune-Baker, 1893) (Kai Islands) *''P. c. manusi'' (Rothschild, 1915) (Admiralty Islands) *''P. c. mayae'' (D'Abrera, 1971) (Louisiades) *''P. c. plateni'' (Grose-Smith and Kirby,

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(Waigeu) *''P. c. plotinus'' (Grose-Smith and Kirby,

(Papua New Guinea)

References

Butterflies described in 1860 Polyommatini Butterflies of Oceania Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Polyommatini-stub