African babul blue
The African babul blue is a small butterfly. The male is a bright, pale purple on top, while the female is a milky brown with a bluish glow near her body. It lives in Africa and also in parts of Asia.
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Fun facts
Underneath, its wings are pale grey with jet black spots, each ringed with white.
Its feelers are dark brown with little white rings.
The male is a brighter purple than a very similar cousin, and he lacks the special hair-like scales that cousin has on its front wings.
It belongs to the blues, a big family of small butterflies.
Most asked questions about African babul blue
?Where does the African babul blue live?
In Africa and in parts of Asia, as far as India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
?What colour is the African babul blue?
The male is pale purple on top and the female milky brown. Both are pale grey underneath with black spots.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Azanus jesous
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Africa, Asia
- Also known as
- Topaz-spotted blue
Where the facts come from
- Azanus jesous (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Milind bhakare. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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