Azanus

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Azanus
Lyc mudumalai.jpg
Azanus jesous
Scientific classification e
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]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Azanus isis 2011-11-26 Niaouli.jpg Azanus isis (Drury, 1773) white-banded babul blue Senegal, 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
Lyc mudumalai.jpg Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) African babul blue or topaz-spotted blue Egypt, Syria, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
Pale babul blue (Azanus mirza).jpg Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880) pale babul blue or mirza blue Afrotropical realm.
Azanus moriqua, Skeerpoort, a.jpg Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857) black-bordered babul blue or thorn-tree blue Afrotropical realm.
Natal babul blue (Azanus natalensis) underside.jpg Azanus natalensis (Trimen & Bowker, 1887) Natal babul blue or Natal spotted blue Afrotropical realm
Azanus sitalces (Mabille, 1899) large Madagascar babul blue Madagascar and the Comoros
Azanus soalalicus (Karsch, 1900) small Madagascar babul blue Madagascar
Bright babul blue 2.jpg Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, [1782]) bright babul blue, desert babul blue, or velvet-spotted blue India, the Middle East and Africa
Azanus uranus Butler, 1886 Indian babul blue or dull babul blue India
Azanus urios Riley & Godfrey, 1921 Siam babul blue India and Thailand

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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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