Azanus jesous, ♂♀ India.
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Azanus
Species: Azanus jesous

Name

Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849).

Type locality: Abyssinia.

Holotype: Not located.

Synonymy

  • Polyommatus jesous Guérin-Méneville, 1849: 383, pl. 11, figs 3, 4.
  • Lycaena gamra Lederer, 1855: 189, pl. 1, fig. 3.
  • Lampides agave Walker, 1870: 53.
  • Azanus jesous jesous (Guérin-Méneville); Stempffer, 1967: 252.
  • Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville); D'Abrera, 1980: 551; Williams.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
  • Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1849. Ordre des lépidoptères. Famille des diurnes. In: Lefebrvre, T., Voyage en Abyssinie (4)6 (Zoologie): 364–386. BHL Reference page. 
  • Lederer, J. 1855. Beitrag zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Cypern, Beirut und einem Theile Klein-Asiens. Verhandlungen des zoologische-botanischen Vereins in Wien 5: 177–234. BHL: text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Walker, F. 1870. A list of the butterflies collected by J.K. Lord, Esq., in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the species new to science. Entomologist 5: 48-57. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: African Babul Blue
தமிழ்: கருவேல நீலன்
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