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Similar Pentila pauli, Acraea pseudegina, Tuxentius carana, Astictopterus abjecta, Ypthima doleta | ||
Azanus isis, the white-banded babul blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, north-western Tanzania and northern Zambia. The habitat consists of forest edges and clearings, woodland and moist savanna.
Adult males mud-puddle, visit carcasses and excrement and settle on sweaty clothing and skin. They are attracted to traps baited with rotting shrimp.
The larvae feed on Dichrostachys cinerea africana and Dichrostachys glomerata.
References
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