Azanus, commonly called babul blues, is a genus of butterflies found in Africa and southwestern Asia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Azanus Moore, [1881] |
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Taxonomic revisions
editThe 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
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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 |
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Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) | African babul blue or topaz-spotted blue | Egypt, Syria, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar |
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Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880) | pale babul blue or mirza blue | Afrotropical realm. |
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Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857) | black-bordered babul blue or thorn-tree blue | Afrotropical realm. |
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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 | |
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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
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Wikispecies has information related to Azanus.
- ^ a b Azanus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ 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.
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.