Azanus

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

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][2]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
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

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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