Azanus

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

Species

Listed alphabetically:^[1]^[2]

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

1 2 Azanus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
↑ Woodhall, Steve. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.

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