''Azanus'', commonly called babul blues, is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

found in

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and southwestern

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.''Azanus''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

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:

References

Seitz, A. ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'' 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73
Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub