Subspecies in India
(1) Azanus jesous gamra (Lederer, 1855) – Syrian Babul Blue
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| 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 | 7 | 11 | 12 | |
| Kerala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
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| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 8 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 30 | 24 |
Acacia farnesiana (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Acacia leucophloea (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Fabaceae).
Key Reference:
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.
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Page citation
Bhakare, M., and Prashanth S. N. 2025. 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 2025/10/24.