''Uranothauma delatorum'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southern

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya (the western part of the country and the central highlands), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the eastern part of the country to Ituri and Kivu),

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 ...

and western and northern Tanzania.Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
/ref> The habitat consists of forests. Adult males mud-puddle and are attracted to cow and horse manure. The larvae feed on '' Albizia gummifera'' and ''

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...

'' species.

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Butterflies described in 1909 Uranothauma Taxa named by Francis Arthur Heron Butterflies of Africa {{Polyommatini-stub