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Uranothauma Butler, 1895

Uranothauma Butler, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895: 631, TS: Uranothauma crawshayi Butler
Uranothauma (Polyommatini) ; [BK, 226]; [AfrL]

Uranothauma crawshayi Butler, 1895

Malawi, S.Tanzania. See [About maps] Uranothauma crawshayi Butler, 1895; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895: 631, pl. 35, f. 6-7
Uranothauma crawshayi ; [BAFR, 541]; [AfrL]

Uranothauma cordatus (Sharpe, 1892)

E.Zaire, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya. See [About maps] Uranothauma cordatus ; [BAFR, 541]; [BK: 226, pl. 23, f. 310]; [AfrL]

Uranothauma cuneatum Tite, 1958

S.Tanzania, Malawi. See [About maps] Uranothauma cuneatum ; [BAFR, 541]; [AfrL]

Uranothauma nubifer (Trimen, 1895)

Ethiopia - Natal, E.Zaire. See [About maps] Black Heart
Lycaena nubifer Trimen, 1895; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1895: 187
Uranothauma nubifer ; [BAFR, 541]; [BK: 226, pl. 23, f. 311]; [AfrL]

Larva on Acacia abyssinica [PBSA], Albizia [BK]

U. n. nubifer

Uranothauma nubifer nubifer ; [AfrL]

U. n. distinctesignatus (Strand, 1911)

Uranothauma nubifer distinctesignatus ; [AfrL]

Uranothauma williamsi Carcasson, 1961

Tanzania (Usambara Mts.). See [About maps] Uranothauma williamsi ; [BAFR, 541]; [AfrL]

Uranothauma poggei (Dewitz, 1879)

Uganda, E.Zaire (Kivu) - W.Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, S.Zaire (Shaba), Angola, Rhodesia, SE.Guinea (Nimba Mts). See [About maps] Plebeius poggei Dewitz, 1879; Nova Acta Leop. Carol. 41: 204
Uranothauma poggei ; [BAFR, 541]; [BK: 226]; [AfrL]

Uranothauma delatorum Heron, 1909

Ethiopia, Sudan - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania - Burundi, E.Zaire. See [About maps] Uranothauma delatorum ; [BAFR, 542]; [BK: 227, pl. 23, f. 313]; [AfrL]

Larva on Acacia, Albizia Jackson, 1937, Trans. R. Ent. Soc. Lond, 86

Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951

Rhodesia, Malawi, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Zimbabwe - Tanzania, Kenya. See [About maps] Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 56: 128
Uranothauma vansomereni ; [BAFR, 542]; [BK: 227, pl. 23, f. 314]; [AfrL]

Larva on Albizia [BK]

Uranothauma falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)

Ivory Coast - Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya. See [About maps] Uranothauma falkensteini ; [BAFR, 542]; [BK: 227, pl. 23, f. 315]; [AfrL]

Larva on Acacia, Albizia [BK]

Uranothauma artemenes (Mabille, 1880)

Madagascar. See [About maps] Lycaena artemenes Mabille, 1880
Castalius auratus Butler, 1880

= Uranothauma artemes (Mabille, 1880); [MadL, fn. 98]

Uranothauma artemenes ; [BAFR, 542]; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Uranothauma antinorii (Oberthür, 1883)

-. See [About maps] Uranothauma antinorii ; [AfrL]

U. a. antinorii

Ethiopia Uranothauma antinorii antinorii ; [BAFR, 542]; [AfrL]

U. a. felthami (Stevenson, 1934)

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba), Malawi, Rhodesia Cupido felthami Stevenson, 1934; Occ. Pap. Rhod. Mus. 1 (3): 16
Uranothauma antinorii felthami ; [BAFR, 542]; [BK: 228, pl. 23, f. 316]; [AfrL]

U. a. bamendanus Libert, 1993

Uranothauma antinorii bamendanus ; [AfrL]

Uranothauma heritsia (Hewitson, 1876)

-. See [About maps] Phlyaria heritsia ; [EBW, (name)]
Uranothauma heritsia ; [AfrL]

U. h. heritsia

Cameroun - N.Angola - C.Zaire Uranothauma heritsia heritsia ; [BAFR, 542]; [AfrL]

U. h. virgo (Butler, 1896)

S.Tanzania, Malawi, N.Zambia, S.Zaire (Shaba) virgo ;
Uranothauma heritsia virgo ; [BAFR, 542 (text)]
Uranothauma heritisa virgo ; Heath, Newport & Hancock, 2001, The Butterflies of Zambia:
Uranothauma heritsia virgo ; [AfrL]

U. h. chibonotana (Aurivillius, 1910)

N.Tanzania Uranothauma heritsia chibonotanus ; [BAFR, 542 (text)]
Uranothauma heritsia chibonotana ; [AfrL]

U. h. intermedia (Tite, 1958)

E.Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, W.Tanzania, Sudan? Uranothauma heritsia intermedia ; [BAFR, 542]; [BK: 228, pl. 23, f. 317]; [AfrL]

Larva on Bridelia [BK]

Uranothauma usambarae Kielland, 1980

NE.Tanzania (Usambara Mts). See [About maps] Uranothauma usambarae Kielland, 1980; in D'Abrera, Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: 542, fig., TL: Tanzania, Usambara, Lushoto, Magamba Forest, 5000ft
Uranothauma usambarae ; [AfrL]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BAFR]

D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region

[BK]

Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[MadL]

Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

Some related literature:

Dewitz, 1879

Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge Nova Acta Leop. Carol. 41: 175-212

Jackson, 1937

The early stages of some Africa Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) with an account of their larvar habits Trans. R. Ent. Soc. Lond, 86: 201-238

Stevenson, 1934

New South African butterflies Occ. Pap. Rhod. Mus. 1 (3): 10-28, 1pl

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