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Uranothauma vansomereni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Uranothauma
Species:	U. vansomereni
Binomial name
Uranothauma vansomereni Stempffer, 1951

Uranothauma vansomereni, the pale heart, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania (Madibira and Ilenga), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (from the south-eastern part of the country to Shaba), Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of savanna.

Both sexes mud-puddle. There seem to be two generations per year, with adults on wing in spring and autumn.

The larvae feed on Albizia species.

References

1. Uranothauma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)

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• Butterflies described in 1951
• Uranothauma
• Butterflies of Africa
• Taxa named by Henri Stempffer
• Polyommatini stubs