Uranothauma is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the 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 and Albizia (mimosa family), but can also occur on plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.

Species

• Uranothauma antinorii (Oberthür, 1883)

• Uranothauma artemenes (Mabille, 1880)

• Uranothauma belcastroi Larsen, 1997

• Uranothauma confusa Kielland, 1989

• Uranothauma cordatus (Sharpe, 1892)

• Uranothauma crawshayi Butler, 1895

• Uranothauma cuneatum Tite, 1958

• Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909

• Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)

• Uranothauma frederikkae Libert, 1993

• Uranothauma heritsia (Hewitson, 1876)

• Uranothauma kilimensis Kielland, 1985

• Uranothauma lukwangule Kielland, 1987

• Uranothauma lunifer (Rebel, 1914)

• Uranothauma nguru Kielland, 1985

• Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)

• Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879)

• Uranothauma uganda Kielland, 1980

• Uranothauma usambarae Kielland, 1980

• Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951

• Uranothauma williamsi Carcasson, 1961

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at :no:Uranothauma; see its history for attribution.

External links

• " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

• Seitz, A.