Azanus

Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox Azanus, commonly called babul blues, is a genus of butterflies found in Africa and southwestern Asia.

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).

Species

Listed alphabetically:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
File:Azanus isis 2011-11-26 Niaouli.jpg	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
File:Lyc mudumalai.jpg	Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)	African babul blue or topaz-spotted blue	Egypt, Syria, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar
File:Pale babul blue (Azanus mirza).jpg	Azanus mirza (Plötz, 1880)	pale babul blue or mirza blue	Afrotropical realm.
File:Azanus moriqua, Skeerpoort, a.jpg	Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)	black-bordered babul blue or thorn-tree blue	Afrotropical realm.
File:Natal babul blue (Azanus natalensis) underside.jpg	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
File:Bright babul blue 2.jpg	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

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73

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