Insect

Dull Babul Blue

Azanus uranus

Dull Babul Blue (Azanus uranus) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Udaipur Byp Rd, Amberi, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name: Azanus uranus
Family: Lycaenidae, order Lepidoptera
Group: Insect

A small blue that loves acacia flowers.

Spot it Pale grey-blue with tiny spots.
Home Dry scrub with acacias.
Food web Caterpillars eat acacia flowers.
Why it matters Feeds on acacia blossoms and passes energy to ants and birds.

Read more: Azanus uranus on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2019, in Amberi.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
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