Uranothauma antinorii, the blue heart or Antinori's branded blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1) The habitat consists of edges of submontane forests.
It has (recto) dark violet forewings bordered with blackish, and bluish-grey hindwings darker at the margin and base. 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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