''Uranothauma poggei'', the striped heart, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It is found in
Uganda, western
Kenya, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu, Lualaba and Shaba), western
Tanzania,
Malawi, northern
Zambia,
Angola,
Mozambique and eastern
Zimbabwe.
[Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)]
/ref> The habitat consists of '' Brachystegia'' woodland and the edges of forests.
Adults are on wing from August to October and from February to May in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on '' Albizia gummifera''.
References
Butterflies described in 1879
Uranothauma
Butterflies of Africa
Taxa named by Hermann Dewitz
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