Small green banded blue butterfly

Yesterday morning whilst having breakfast in the usual spot - the verandah -  this small butterfly was hanging around:

binomial name :   Psychonotis caelius
common name : Small green banded blue

http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_blues/SmallGreenBandedBlue.htm


The photograph doesn't display the  bright blue colour of the top side of the wings.  Host plant is the Red Ash or Soap wood ( Alphitonia excelsa).  This tree grows well here and seedlings appear regularly.  I leave them if they are in a reasonable spot.

Regarding our floods : Damage so far : 2 kauri trees fallen over,  1 Moringa fallen over 3 Papaya fallen over, about 30 drowned plants including some native olives that were doing really well, and a variegated pohutukawa that wasn't cheap to buy at the nursery. Some of the small Lomandras I planted also seem to have rotted.   Fortunately we are well out of harms way and will not be affected any further but it is still disturbing to see so much destruction and loss of life in SE Queensland. I hope it is not a sign of things to come with climate change.  On a brighter note -  a beautiful fine day today (so far!)
The only produce we are harvesting at the moment is yard long beans from the aquaponics system :

They are about 400mm long  and we pick a handful every 2-3 days