''Uranothauma falkensteini'', the lowland branded blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Range and habitat

left, At Bobiri Forest in Ghana It is found in

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

, Sierra Leone,

Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

, the Central African Republic, Angola, the

DRC The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)
/ref> The habitat consists of forests.

Habits and food plants

Adult males are attracted to damp patches and traps baited with fish, prawn or toad. Both sexes are attracted to flowers. The larvae feed on ''

Acacia abyssinica ''Vachellia abyssinica'', the flat top acacia, is a tree up to 16 m tall. Description Its bark is reddish-brown on older trees. On younger trees it is pale yellowish-brown, peeling off in papery wads. Young twigs are softly hairy. Thorns are ...

'', '' Albizia adianthifolia'' and '' Albizia gummifera''. They feed on the young shoots of their host plant.

References

Butterflies described in 1879 Uranothauma Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Hermann Dewitz {{Polyommatini-stub