Subspecies in India
(1) Azanus jesous gamra (Lederer, 1855) – Syrian Babul Blue
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Assam | |||||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 12 | |
Kerala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | |||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | |||||||||||||
Total | 8 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 30 | 23 |
Acacia farnesiana (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Acacia leucophloea (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Fabaceae).Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Azanus jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) – African Babul Blue. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/azanus-jesous, accessed 2024/12/04.