Uranothauma poggei

Uranothauma poggei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Uranothauma
Species: U. poggei
Binomial name
Uranothauma poggei
(Dewitz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Plebeius (Lampides) poggei Dewitz, 1879

Uranothauma poggei, the Striped Heart, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Uganda, western Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kivu, Lualaba and Shaba), western Tanzania, Malawi, northern Zambia, Angola, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of Brachystegia woodland and the edges of forests.

Adults are on wing from August to October and from February to May in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera.

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