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Uranothauma falkensteini

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Uranothauma

Uranothauma falkensteini

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.

References

Uranothauma falkensteini Wikipedia