Uranothauma nubifer
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Uranothauma |
| Species: | U. nubifer |
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| Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)[1] | |
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Uranothauma nubifer, the black heart or black-heart branded blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Ethiopia to South Africa. It is also found in eastern Zaire.
The wingspan is 22–26 mm for males and 24–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing year round, with a peak from November to February.[2]
The larvae feed on Acacia species, including A. karroo.
Subspecies
- Uranothauma nubifer nubifer (Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya: west, central and the Teita Hills, Burundi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, northern Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa: Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga, North West Province, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal)
- Uranothauma nubifer distinctesignatus (Strand, 1911) (Ethiopia)
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- ↑ Uranothauma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ↑ Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
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