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.
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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)
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