Uranothauma antinorii

Uranothauma antinorii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Uranothauma
Species:	U. antinorii
Binomial name
*Uranothauma antinorii* (Oberthür, 1883)^[1]
Synonyms
Lycaena antinorii Oberthür, 1883 Cupido felthami Stevenson, 1934 Uranothauma antinorii f. albicans Talbot, 1935 Uranothauma antinorii f. splendens Stoneham, 1937 Uranothauma antinorii f. magnificans Stoneham, 1937

Uranothauma antinorii, the blue heart or Antinori's branded blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.^[2] The habitat consists of edges of submontane forests.

Adult males are attracted to damp patches and have been recorded on carnivore scat. Both sexes feed from small flowers. Adults are on wing in summer.

Subspecies

Uranothauma antinorii antinorii (highlands Ethiopia)
Uranothauma antinorii bamendanus Libert, 1993 (Nigeria, highlands Cameroon)
Uranothauma antinorii felthami (Stevenson, 1934) (Kenya: west and the central highlands, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lualaba and Shaba, northern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe)

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