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

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

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. 1 2 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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