Uranothauma antinorii

Uranothauma antinorii, the blue heart or Antinori's branded blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of edges of submontane forests.

Uranothauma antinorii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Uranothauma
Species:
U. antinorii
Binomial name
Uranothauma antinorii
(Oberthür, 1883)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena antinorii Oberthür, 1883
  • Cupido felthami Stevenson, 1934
  • Uranothauma antinorii f. albicans Talbot, 1935
  • Uranothauma antinorii f. splendens Stoneham, 1937
  • Uranothauma antinorii f. magnificans Stoneham, 1937

Adult males are attracted to damp patches and have been recorded on carnivore scat. 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 the Congo: Lualaba and Shaba, northern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)

References
  1. Uranothauma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)


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