Azanus jesous

African babul blue
Upper side
Underside
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Azanus
Species:
A. jesous
Binomial name
Azanus jesous
(Guérin, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Polyommatus jesous Guérin-Méneville, 1849
  • Lampides agave Walker, 1870
  • Lampides sigillata Butler, 1876

Azanus jesous, the African babul blue or topaz-spotted blue, is a small butterfly found in Africa, Egypt, Syria, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.