Azanus

Azanus
Azanus jesous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Azanus
Moore, [1881]
Synonyms
  • Azanisis Kemal, 2004

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

Taxonomic revisions

The subgenus Azanisis (Kemal, 2004) was described in 2004, with Azanus isis designated as its type species. Azanisis is now considered a junior subjective synonym of Azanus (Moore, 1881).[2]

Species

Listed alphabetically:[1][3]

Image 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

References

Wikispecies has information related to Azanus.
  1. ^ a b Azanus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Larsen, T. B. (2009). "Azanisis Kemal, 2004- a junior synonym of Azanus Moore, 1881 (Lepidoptera: Lycaedinae)". Metamorphosis. 20 (1). The Lepidopterists' Society of Africa: 40–41.
  3. ^ 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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