Uranothauma antinorii

Uranothauma antinorii
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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.

It has (recto) dark violet forewings bordered with blackish, and bluish-grey hindwings darker at the margin and base.

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

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


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