| Azanus | |
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| Azanus jesous | |
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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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Azanus, commonly called babul blues, is a genus of butterflies found in Africa and southwestern Asia. [1]
Listed alphabetically: [1] [2]
| 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 | |
Azanus ubaldus, the bright babul blue, desert babul blue, or velvet-spotted blue, is a small butterfly found in India, the Middle East and Africa that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Azanus jesous, the African babul blue or topaz-spotted blue, is a small butterfly found in Africa, Egypt, Syria, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Azanus natalensis, the Natal babul blue or Natal spotted blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
Azanus moriqua, the black-bordered babul blue or thorn-tree blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
Azanus mirza, the pale babul blue or mirza blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm.
Azanus sitalces, the large Madagascar babul blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoros. The habitat consists of forests.
Azanus isis, the white-banded babul blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae which is native to the tropics and subtropics of sub-Saharan Africa.
Empisini Nature Reserve was established in 1973 and is situated in Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The reserve is approximately 60 ha in extent and is owned by the borough of uMkhomanzi which has been incorporated into the eThekwini municipality. Empisini is managed jointly by eThekwini and the Umkomaas centre of the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa. Empisini takes its name from a perennial stream which flows through it, and means "Place of the Hyena" in isiZulu. The reserve consists of coastal forest, wetlands, grassy slopes and a dam. Infrastructure consists of hiking trails, demarcated picnic sites, overnight cabins, and a tree house.
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