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