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Similar Pentila pauli, Eicochrysops hippocrates, Liphyrini, Anthene larydas, Euchrysops malathana | ||
Uranothauma falkensteini, the lowland branded blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. 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. 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.
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