Biology:Uranothauma vansomereni

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Uranothauma vansomereni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Uranothauma
Species:
U. vansomereni
Binomial name
Uranothauma vansomereni
Stempffer, 1951[1]

Uranothauma vansomereni, the pale heart, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania (Madibira and Ilenga), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the south-eastern part of the country to Shaba), Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of savanna.

Both sexes mud-puddle. There seem to be two generations per year, with adults on wing in spring and autumn.

The larvae feed on Albizia species.

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q7899754 entry