Uranothauma
{{Short description|Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae}}
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Uranothauma is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Afrotropical realm.
Small to medium-sized (wingspan 27-40 millimetres) blues. The hindwings have a thin tail at the hind corner. The uppersides of the males are bluish, the females brown with darker spots. The undersides are brownish-white with brownish-orange transverse stripes and dark brown rings.
Most of the species live in high-altitude (montane) forests.
The larvae live mostly on the genera Acacia and Albizia (mimosa family), but can also occur on plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.
Species
- Uranothauma antinorii (Oberthür, 1883)
- Uranothauma artemenes (Mabille, 1880)
- Uranothauma belcastroi Larsen, 1997
- Uranothauma confusa Kielland, 1989
- Uranothauma cordatus (Sharpe, 1892)
- Uranothauma crawshayi Butler, 1895
- Uranothauma cuneatum Tite, 1958
- Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909
- Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
- Uranothauma frederikkae Libert, 1993
- Uranothauma heritsia (Hewitson, 1876)
- Uranothauma kilimensis Kielland, 1985
- Uranothauma lukwangule Kielland, 1987
- Uranothauma lunifer (Rebel, 1914)
- Uranothauma nguru Kielland, 1985
- Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)
- Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879)
- Uranothauma uganda Kielland, 1980
- Uranothauma usambarae Kielland, 1980
- Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951
- Uranothauma williamsi Carcasson, 1961
Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at :no:Uranothauma; see its history for attribution.
External links
- [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/uranothauma/index.html "Uranothauma Butler, 1895"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- [https://archive.org/stream/diegrossschmett13seit#page/n155/mode/2up Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73 and more]
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