Azanus jesous

Azanus jesous, ♂♀ India.

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Azanus
Species: Azanus jesous

Name

Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849).

Type locality: Abyssinia.

Holotype: Not located.

Synonymy

• Polyommatus jesous Guérin-Méneville, 1849: 383, pl. 11, figs 3, 4.
• Lycaena gamra Lederer, 1855: 189, pl. 1, fig. 3.
• Lampides agave Walker, 1870: 53.
• Azanus jesous jesous (Guérin-Méneville); Stempffer, 1967: 252.
• Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville); D'Abrera, 1980: 551; Williams.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
• Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1849. Ordre des lépidoptères. Famille des diurnes. In: Lefebrvre, T., Voyage en Abyssinie (4)6 (Zoologie): 364–386. BHL Reference page. 
• Lederer, J. 1855. Beitrag zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Cypern, Beirut und einem Theile Klein-Asiens. Verhandlungen des zoologische-botanischen Vereins in Wien 5: 177–234. BHL: text, plates. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Walker, F. 1870. A list of the butterflies collected by J.K. Lord, Esq., in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the species new to science. The Entomologist 5: 48–57. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: African Babul Blue
தமிழ்: கருவேல நீலன்

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