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Azanus isis

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Azanus isis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Azanus
Species:
A. isis
Binomial name
Azanus isis
(Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio isis Drury, 1773
  • Azanus (Azanisis) isis
  • Papilio caeruleoalbus Goeze, 1779
  • Papilio camillus Cramer, 1780
  • Hesperia isarchus Fabricius, 1793

Azanus isis, the white-banded babul blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, north-western Tanzania and northern Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of forest edges and clearings, woodland and moist savanna.

Adult males mud-puddle, visit carcasses and excrement and settle on sweaty clothing and skin. They are attracted to traps baited with rotting shrimp.

The larvae feed on Dichrostachys cinerea africana and Dichrostachys glomerata.

References

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  1. ^ Azanus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
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