Azanus

Azanus, commonly called babul blues, is a genus of butterflies found in Africa and southwestern Asia.[1]

Azanus
Azanus jesous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Azanus
Moore, [1881]
Synonyms
  • Azanisis Kemal, 2004

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)white-banded babul blueSenegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the DRC, Uganda, Ethiopia, north-western Tanzania and northern Zambia
Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)African babul blue or topaz-spotted blueEgypt, Syria, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)pale babul blue or mirza blueAfrotropical realm.
Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)black-bordered babul blue or thorn-tree blueAfrotropical realm.
Azanus natalensis (Trimen & Bowker, 1887)Natal babul blue or Natal spotted blueAfrotropical realm
Azanus sitalces (Mabille, 1899)large Madagascar babul blueMadagascar and the Comoros
Azanus soalalicus (Karsch, 1900)small Madagascar babul blueMadagascar
Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, [1782])bright babul blue, desert babul blue, or velvet-spotted blueIndia, the Middle East and Africa
Azanus uranus Butler, 1886Indian babul blue or dull babul blueIndia
Azanus urios Riley & Godfrey, 1921Siam babul blueIndia and Thailand

References
Wikispecies has information related to Azanus.
  1. Azanus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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