Azanus sitalces

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Large Madagascar babul blue
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Azanus
Species:
A. sitalces
Binomial name
Azanus sitalces
(Mabille, 1900) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena sitalcesMabille, 1900
  • Azanus (Azanus) sitalces
  • Azanus rubropunctaLathy, 1921

Azanus sitalces, the large Madagascar babul blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Madagascar and the Comoros. [2] The habitat consists of forests.

Subspecies

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References

  1. Azanus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-10.