Azanus moriqua
| Black-bordered babul blue | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Azanus |
| Species: | A. moriqua |
| Binomial name | |
| Azanus moriqua (Wallengren, 1857)[1] | |
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The Black-bordered babul blue or Thorn-tree blue[2] (Azanus moriqua) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Afrotropic ecozone.
The wingspan is 19–24 mm in males and 19–25 mm in females. Flight period is year-round but mainly between September and May.[2]
The larvae feed on Acacia species.[2]
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