# Uranothauma

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***Uranothauma*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [butterflies](/source/Butterflies) in the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae). Its [species](/source/Species) are found in the [Afrotropical realm](/source/Afrotropical_realm).

Small to medium-sized (wingspan 27-40 millimetres) blues. The hindwings have a thin tail at the hind corner. The uppersides of the males are bluish, the females brown with darker spots. The undersides are brownish-white with brownish-orange transverse stripes and dark brown rings. Most of the species live in high-altitude (montane) forests. The larvae live mostly on the genera *[Acacia](/source/Acacia)* and *[Albizia](/source/Albizia)* (mimosa family), but can also occur on plants in the family [Euphorbiaceae](/source/Euphorbiaceae).

## Species

- *[Uranothauma antinorii](/source/Uranothauma_antinorii)* (Oberthür, 1883)
- *[Uranothauma artemenes](/source/Uranothauma_artemenes)* (Mabille, 1880)
- *[Uranothauma belcastroi](/source/Uranothauma_belcastroi)* Larsen, 1997
- *[Uranothauma confusa](/source/Uranothauma_confusa)* Kielland, 1989
- *[Uranothauma cordatus](/source/Uranothauma_cordatus)* (Sharpe, 1892)
- *[Uranothauma crawshayi](/source/Uranothauma_crawshayi)* Butler, 1895
- *[Uranothauma cuneatum](/source/Uranothauma_cuneatum)* Tite, 1958
- *[Uranothauma delatorum](/source/Uranothauma_delatorum)* Heron, 1909
- *[Uranothauma falkensteini](/source/Uranothauma_falkensteini)* (Dewitz, 1879)
- *[Uranothauma frederikkae](/source/Uranothauma_frederikkae)* Libert, 1993
- *[Uranothauma heritsia](/source/Uranothauma_heritsia)* (Hewitson, 1876)
- *[Uranothauma kilimensis](/source/Uranothauma_kilimensis)* Kielland, 1985
- *[Uranothauma lukwangule](/source/Uranothauma_lukwangule)* Kielland, 1987
- *[Uranothauma lunifer](/source/Uranothauma_lunifer)* (Rebel, 1914)
- *[Uranothauma nguru](/source/Uranothauma_nguru)* Kielland, 1985
- *[Uranothauma nubifer](/source/Uranothauma_nubifer)* (Trimen, 1895)
- *[Uranothauma poggei](/source/Uranothauma_poggei)* (Dewitz, 1879)
- *[Uranothauma uganda](/source/Uranothauma_uganda)* Kielland, 1980
- *[Uranothauma usambarae](/source/Uranothauma_usambarae)* Kielland, 1980
- *[Uranothauma vansomereni](/source/Uranothauma_vansomereni)* Stempffer, 1951
- *[Uranothauma williamsi](/source/Uranothauma_williamsi)* Carcasson, 1961

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at [Uranothauma](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranothauma); see its history for attribution.

## External links

- ["*Uranothauma* Butler, 1895"](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/uranothauma/index.html) at Markku Savela's *Lepidoptera and some other life forms*
- [Seitz, A. *Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde* 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 73 and more](https://archive.org/stream/diegrossschmett13seit#page/n155/mode/2up)

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