Azanus uranus
Encyclopedia
The Dull Babul Blue or Indian Babul Blue (Azanus uranus) is a small butterfly
found in India
that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues
family.
Underside : ground-colour greyish white ; character and disposition of the markings much as in ubaldus, but faint and not clearly defined, often many of them scarcely traceable ; the transverse subbasal row of black spots on the hind wing either completely absent or barely visible. The black subcostal spot in interspace 7, though smaller than in ubaldus, seems to be always present, while the tornal black spots seem to be particularly large and prominent in both sexes.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
found in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues
Lycaenidae
The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
family.
Description
Closely resembles A. ubaldus, Cramer. The male on the upperside has the ground-colour much paler and the terminal edging on both fore and hind wings much narrower, reduced, in fact, to a conspicuous dark brown anticiliary line, while the two dark spots at the tornal area of the hind wing are more or less obsolescent. In the female on the upperside the ground-colour is also much paler than in the female of ubaldus, but the suffusion of purplish blue at the base of the wings in a solitary female specimen is spread slightly further outwards than it is in the female of ubaldus.Underside : ground-colour greyish white ; character and disposition of the markings much as in ubaldus, but faint and not clearly defined, often many of them scarcely traceable ; the transverse subbasal row of black spots on the hind wing either completely absent or barely visible. The black subcostal spot in interspace 7, though smaller than in ubaldus, seems to be always present, while the tornal black spots seem to be particularly large and prominent in both sexes.
See also
- LycaenidaeLycaenidaeThe Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies...
- List of butterflies of India
- List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)