Azanus

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Azanus Rank Genus		Family Lycaenidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths

Lower classifications Azanus jesous, Azanus uranus, Azanus ubaldus, Azanus moriqua, Azanus urios

Azanus jesous lycaenidae

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

Listed alphabetically:

Azanus isis (Drury, 1773)

Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) – African babul blue or topaz-spotted blue

Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880) – pale babul blue or mirza blue

Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857) – black-bordered babul blue or thorn-tree blue

Azanus natalensis (Trimen & Bowker, 1887) – Natal babul blue or Natal spotted blue

Azanus sitalces (Mabille, 1899) – large Madagascar babul blue

Azanus soalalicus (Karsch, 1900) – small Madagascar babul blue

Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, [1782]) – bright babul blue, desert babul blue, or velvet-spotted blue

Azanus uranus Butler, 1886 – Indian babul blue or dull babul blue

Azanus urios Riley & Godfrey, 1921 – Siam babul blue

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