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Azanus isis (White-banded Babul Blue)

Synonyms: Hesperia isarchus; Papilio caeruleoalbus; Papilio camillus; Papilio isis (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Azanus isis, the White-banded Babul Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, southern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, north-western Tanzania and northern Zambia. The habitat consists of forest edges and clearings, woodland and moist savanna. Adult males mud-puddle, visit carcasses and excrement and settle on sweaty clothing and skin. They are attracted to traps baited with rotting shrimp.
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Prey / Diet

Dichrostachys cinerea (aroma)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0