Uranothauma Poggei
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''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''.


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