''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
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
,
Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
,
Kenya,
Tanzania,
Zambia,
Malawi,
Mozambique and
Zimbabwe.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)]
/ref> 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.
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)
References
Butterflies described in 1883
Uranothauma
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Charles Oberthür
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