Uranothauma heritsia
Uranothauma heritsia, the light branded blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.[2] The habitat consists of submontane forests and wooded habitats.
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Adult males mud-puddle.
The larvae feed on the young leaves of Bridelia micrantha.
Subspecies
- U. h. heritsia (south-eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, northern Angola, western and central Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- U. h. chibonotana (Aurivillius, 1910) (northern Tanzania)
- U. h. intermedia (Tite, 1958) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya: west and the central highlands, western Tanzania)
- U. h. virgo (Butler, 1896) (southern and eastern Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: south to Shaba, Malawi, northern Zambia)
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References
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- Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
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