Uranothauma falkensteini

Uranothauma falkensteini
Bobiri Forest, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Uranothauma
Species: U. falkensteini
Binomial name
Uranothauma falkensteini
(Dewitz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Plebeius (Lampides) falkensteini Dewitz, 1879
  • Uranothauma falkensteini f. umbra Talbot, 1935
  • Uranothauma falkensteini f. albescens Stoneham, 1937

Uranothauma falkensteini, the lowland branded blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.[2] The habitat consists of forests.

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

References

  1. ↑ Uranothauma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. ↑ Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)


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