Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782)

bright babul blue

on Acacia, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Acacia farnesiana, karroo, seyal, tortilis subsp. raddiana; Prosopis juliflora.

? Also Myoporum tenuifolium (Brauner & Wiemers, Scrophulariaceae).

distribution within Europe

Canary Islands, Malta, Spain, Italy; expanding.

egg, larva, pupa

see Catania & Seguna, Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

references

Brauner & Wiemers (2013a) (2013a), Caporale & Guidi (2013a), Catania & Seguna (2017a), Lepiforum (2021), Oliver (2019a), Olivier & van der Poorten (1992a), pyrgus.de (2021), Schurian (2008a), Wiemers, Acosta-Fernández & Larsen (2013a).