Azanus ubaldus

Bright babul blue
At Bangalore, India
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Azanus
Species:
A. ubaldus
Binomial name
Azanus ubaldus
(Stoll, [1782])
Synonyms
  • Papilio ubaldus Stoll, [1782]
  • Lycaena ethoda Walker, 1870
  • Lycaena itea Walker, 1870
  • Lycaena macalenga Trimen, 1870
  • Lycaena thebana Staudinger, 1894

Azanus ubaldus, the bright babul blue, desert babul blue, or velvet-spotted blue, is a small butterfly found in India, the Middle East and Africa that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.