Uranothauma heritsia
| Uranothauma heritsia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Uranothauma |
| Species: | U. heritsia |
| Binomial name | |
| Uranothauma heritsia (Hewitson, 1876)[1] | |
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Uranothauma heritsia, the Light Branded Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of sub-montane forests and wooded habitats.
Adult males mud-puddle.
The larvae feed on the young leaves of Bridelia micrantha.
Subspecies
- Uranothauma heritsia heritsia (south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, northern Angola, western and central Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Uranothauma heritsia chibonotana (Aurivillius, 1910) (northern Tanzania)
- Uranothauma heritsia intermedia (Tite, 1958) (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya: west and the central highlands, western Tanzania)
- Uranothauma heritsia virgo (Butler, 1896) (southern and eastern Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo: south to Shaba, Malawi, northern Zambia)
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- ↑ Uranothauma, Site of Markku Savela
- ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)