Subspecies in India
(1) Azanus jesous gamra (Lederer, 1855) – Syrian Babul Blue
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This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh, within the Indian limits.
This is a common species.
| 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 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 14 | |
| Kerala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||||||
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| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 8 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 26 |
Acacia farnesiana, Acacia leucophloea (Fabaceae).
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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
Bhakare, M., Prashanth S. N., S. Aneesha, and K. Kunte. 2026. 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 2026/06/04.