Uranothauma antinorii
| Uranothauma antinorii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Uranothauma |
| Species: | U. antinorii |
| Binomial name | |
| Uranothauma antinorii (Oberthür, 1883)[1] | |
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Uranothauma antinorii, the Blue Heart or Antinori’s Branded Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of edges of sub-montane forests.
Adult males are attracted to damp patches and have been recorded on carnivore scats. Both sexes feed from small flowers. Adults are on wing in summer.
Subspecies
- Uranothauma antinorii antinorii (highlands Ethiopia)
- Uranothauma antinorii bamendanus Libert, 1993 (Nigeria, highlands Cameroon)
- Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934) (Kenya: west and the central highlands, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: Lualaba and Shaba, northern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)
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- ↑ Uranothauma, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)