Azanus
Azanus, commonly called babul blues, is a genus of butterflies found in Africa and southwestern Asia.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: | Azanus Moore, [1881] |
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Species
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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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 | |
Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) | African babul blue or topaz-spotted blue | Egypt, Syria, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar | |
Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880) | pale babul blue or mirza blue | Afrotropical realm. | |
Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857) | black-bordered babul blue or thorn-tree blue | Afrotropical realm. | |
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 | |
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 | |
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References
- Azanus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 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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