Uranothauma antinorii: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Uranothauma
Species
Uranothauma antinorii
Scientific Name
Uranothauma antinorii

Summary description from Wikipedia:

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. 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.

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