Azanus
Azanus, commonly called babul blues, is a genus of butterflies found in Africa and southwestern Asia.
Species
Listed alphabetically:Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
Azanus isis | 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 | African babul blue or topaz-spotted blue | Egypt, Syria, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar | |
Azanus mirza | pale babul blue or mirza blue | Afrotropical realm. | |
Azanus moriqua | black-bordered babul blue or thorn-tree blue | Afrotropical realm. | |
Azanus natalensis | Natal babul blue or Natal spotted blue | Afrotropical realm | |
Azanus sitalces | large Madagascar babul blue | Madagascar and the Comoros | |
Azanus soalalicus | small Madagascar babul blue | Madagascar | |
Azanus ubaldus | 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 |