Azanus jesous (Guerin-Meneville, 1847)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Azanus → species Azanus jesous

Species name(s)

Azanus jesous (Guerin-Meneville, 1847) = Polyommatus jesous Guérin-Méneville, 1849 = Azanus (Azanus) jesous = Lampides agave Walker, 1870. [9, 10, 187]

African Babul Blue.

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Detailed information with references

Distribution

Cyprus. [10].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Acacia. [28].

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Israel Sade, Dmitry Erebia.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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